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New International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes will take effect beginning Oct. 1, 2014. The ICD-10 code sets will replace the ICD-9 codes currently in use to report diagnoses and procedures. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires all providers and payers that are currently using the ICD-9 to transition to ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has the second lowest dues rate in the country at $275 for active members. The cost of state dues range from $210 in Utah to $1,205 in Alaska, and the average cost of state dues is $500.  In return for such low dues, ODA members receive a wide range of benefits that save them money. Members can save enough money to ... [continue reading]

Kathy Woodard, Ohio Dental Association director of public service, received the 2013 Jeffrey Dalin, D.D.S. Give Kids A Smile Volunteer Award at the American Dental Association Foundation’s Give Kids A Smile Gala during the ADA’s Annual Session in New Orleans on Nov. 1. The award recognizes the winners’ efforts to expand the GKAS ... [continue reading]

KidSMILES Pediatric Dental Clinic in Columbus brings together volunteer dental professionals with children in need of care, plus provides oral health education to students at area schools. The clinic treats children up to age 18 who do not qualify for Medicaid or have private insurance and whose families have a household income of less than 250 ... [continue reading]

The American Dental Association Library and Archives experienced some major changes to its operations in 2013 in order to save dues dollars and keep the library relevant in a technologic society. Ohio Dental Association member dentists should know that they may still make use of the valuable resources of the library. ADA Library staff is ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has retained 96.15 percent of its 2012 membership, a slight decline from its 96.92 percent rate last year. Moreover, 20 of its 25 local component dental societies have retained 95 percent or more of their 2012 membership. Following is a list of those societies: Maumee Valley Dental Society (100 percent) Northwest Ohio ... [continue reading]

I read with great interest what the other “ODA Today” columnists predicted regarding what the dental profession will look like in 2050 (click here to see the responses). While I am not exactly sure what dentistry will look like in 37 years, I know the Ohio Dental Association will still be thriving by representing the interests of dentists and ... [continue reading]

This fall, dentists and dental hygienists should have received licensure renewal information from the Ohio State Dental Board.  As was the case during the last several renewal periods, the board will direct licensees to renew licenses and report continuing education requirements online.  The information and payment of the renewal fee is ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association has recently fielded questions related to dentists offering their own in-office dental plans. These in-office dental plans have many different permutations off of the same general principle:  for a fee, the consumer gets a membership in a plan that affords him or her access to various free and/or discounted dental ... [continue reading]

For this special Nostradamus Issue of the “ODA Today,” we have asked all of our regular columnists to answer a series of questions concerning their vision of the state of dentistry in 2050 (click here to see the responses). Had I posed these questions as recently as 2007, I suspect that the answers, or at least the tone of the piece, would be ... [continue reading]