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The Ohio Dental Association House of Delegates met Sept. 15 and 16 in conjunction with the 2022 ODA Annual Session in Columbus. During the meeting, the House of Delegates adopted several resolutions, including: Updating the association’s policy, “Statement on Preventive Coverage in Dental Plans,” to include language that addresses ... [continue reading]

Open enrollment for the ODA’s health benefits plan, the ODA Wellness Trust, is available from Oct. 15 through Nov. 15. The ODA Wellness Trust is available exclusively to ODA members and their staff and features a more extensive provider network than most individual health insurance plans. It also has a wide range of deductible options to fit ... [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]

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]

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]

Medworks Inc. is holding a free dental clinic on Nov. 18 and 19 at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland. The event is seeking dental professionals and community volunteers to help provide free dental care to patients of all ages. Services include dental screenings, cleanings, extractions, fillings, temporary partials for adults and ... [continue reading]

Wow! My first article as president. This has been such an incredible journey thus far and I am so excited to get to work for all of my colleagues. I have been brainstorming on how I might best showcase to all Ohio dentists how membership is invaluable to all of us. I realize that the majority do not know of nor are privileged to see all of the ... [continue reading]

In his classic song “Like a Rock,” Bob Seger, a member of both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote the following: Twenty years now Where’d they go? Twenty years I don’t know I sit and I wonder sometimes Where they’ve gone Those lyrics come to mind as I celebrate my 20th year as the ODA’s ... [continue reading]

The election, advocacy and lame duck, this is what the legal and legislative department of the ODA will be doing for the remainder of 2022. Two of these items I am sure you are aware of; if you are around any type of media from social to your local news station you are well aware of the upcoming election in early November, and advocacy is ... [continue reading]

Based on dentists’ reports to the Ohio Dental Association, a small number of insurance companies and third-party administrators (TPAs) began issuing reimbursement to dentists via virtual stored value credit or debit cards instead of paper checks over a decade ago. While the number of third-party payers that use this payment methodology still ... [continue reading]