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Membership dues statements and electronic renewal notices were recently sent out to ODA members. Members who indicated previously that they prefer to receive membership communications electronically will not receive a paper statement in the mail and will only receive e-notifications. Dues are due Jan. 1, 2023, for the 2023 membership year. Renew ... [continue reading]

A call for nominations is now extended for dentist board member positions on the Ohio State Dental Board. The Ohio Dental Association has the opportunity to recommend nominees to the governor of Ohio for possible dentist board member openings on the Ohio State Dental Board (OSDB), which may be vacant in April 2023. The board member positions ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association seeks members to fill potential upcoming at-large positions on ODA councils. The ODA is seeking nominations for at-large positions on the association’s Council on Access to Care and Public Service, Council on Dental Care Programs and Dental Practice, and Council on Membership Services. Nominations for these ... [continue reading]

The ODA Council on Membership Services is excited to announce that a rolling application cycle is available for the 2023 recruitment grant program for component dental societies. Applications will be reviewed on a quarterly basis until funds run out. The first deadline for receipt of 2023 recruitment grant applications is Dec. 31, 2022. The ... [continue reading]

The Next Generation of the Ohio Medicaid program went live on Oct. 1. Effective Oct. 1 all provider enrollment applications must be submitted using Ohio Medicaid’s new Provider Network Management (PNM) module. The PNM module is the single point for providers to complete provider enrollment, centralized credentialing and provider ... [continue reading]

A new Ohio law mandating e-prescribing went into effect Friday, Sept. 23. The law requires prescriptions for schedule II-controlled substances to be done electronically, however, those prescribers who write 50 or fewer schedule II prescriptions per year are exempted from the requirement. There are also exceptions in situations where it is ... [continue reading]

Based on a few comments we have received, some people may have misinterpreted my president-elect’s speech to the ODA House of Delegates in September. First and foremost, I need to stress that the ODA has always and will always represent and support private practice members. I was informed that several members felt that I am “shunning” ... [continue reading]

As I write this column, I have just returned to Ohio from the ADA’s annual meeting (SmileCon) in Houston. ... [continue reading]

Over the past few years it has become more common to see an animal in a dental office or in public places. During that time the ODA has received many calls with questions about animal owners’ “rights” to have an animal in the office or offices wishing to bring in their own animal. The answers to all of these questions depend on the liability ... [continue reading]

SDC and the MMO SuperDental MA Network The Ohio Dental Association has received a number of calls from ODA member dentists concerning a letter they received from Superior Dental Care. The letter informed SDC contracting dentists of a material change SDC was making to its participating provider network to include them as contracted providers in ... [continue reading]