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Dec 12 2023
Dental insurance plans are dictating fees for dental services that the insurance company does not cover for enrollees. This practice is fundamentally unfair and unnecessarily interferes with the patient-dentist relationship. Senate Bill 115, which would prohibit insurance companies from setting fees for services they do not cover, recently passed ... [continue reading]
Dec 12 2023
In years past the membership survey has shown that one of the most important membership benefits of the ODA is our advocacy. Your input is vital to letting us know what we are doing well or could do better. I have a feeling that this year’s survey will again show that advocacy is among the most important member benefits. To me, advocacy is the ... [continue reading]
Aug 15 2023
The ODA has been very active in advocating for a substantial increase in the state’s funding of Ohio’s dental Medicaid program. We have engaged state leaders for the last two years as we prepared for passage of the state’s budget for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. These efforts are paying off.
The state budget that passed the Ohio General ... [continue reading]
Jul 17 2023
ODA members met with Ohio Speaker of the House Jason Stephens (R-Kitts Hill) at this year’s Day at the Statehouse, where attendees spoke to their legislators about supporting the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Licensure Compact. The legislation has passed the Senate and is now up for ... [continue reading]
Jun 13 2023
At the 2023 ODA Day at the Statehouse, 100 dentists, dental residents, students and spouses met with their state senators ... [continue reading]
Jun 12 2023
Wow. May was a busy month. From Day at the State House, to The Ohio State University College of Dentistry Convocation (I was so honored to attend), to Executive Committee meetings, to testifying at the Statehouse on SB 115 (legislation that would prohibit insurers from setting fees for non-covered services), to guest presentations at local ... [continue reading]
Jun 12 2023
As many of you have heard me say, dentistry is truly a wonderful profession. It offers you and all dentists the opportunity to help people with their smiles and their oral health. Dentists have many career paths available to them, including as a practice owner, employer, employee, faculty member, consultant, etc. Moreover, dentists are well ... [continue reading]
May 11 2023
May brings more than flowers. May brings excitement and anticipation of all the fun this summer shall bring. The weather is getting warmer, days are getting longer, the sun is brighter, and the expectations of the fun that our carefully planned vacations will bring are closer in sight. Celebrations are to be had in May as well, graduations, ... [continue reading]
May 11 2023
The Ohio Dental Association has long had policies in support of freedom of movement for dentists between states and licensure reciprocity and portability. We have taken several steps over the years in support of these principles, including advocating for passage of legislation requiring the Ohio State Dental Board to accept the results of all ... [continue reading]
Apr 6 2023
Day at the Statehouse, the Ohio Dental Association’s most important grassroots advocacy event, will be held Wednesday, May 3, in Columbus.
Day at the Statehouse gives dentists, dental residents and dental students an opportunity to speak with their legislators about issues important to dentistry and advocate for issues that impact their ... [continue reading]
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