Author: Jackie Crowe

As each year comes to pass it is important to review the year for successes and places for improvement in the coming year. The only issue that this year presents is that it feels like it was closer to a decade than 365 days. In an ever-changing landscape 2020 has presented many challenges and in this article I am going to try to capture the ... [continue reading]

Like with almost everything else, 2020 was a challenging year for dentists and dental offices when it came to dental insurance and third-party payment issues. While nothing seemed to come easy, the volunteer member dentists who served on the ODA Dental Insurance Working Group and the ODA as a whole took an active role in assisting the membership ... [continue reading]

By any measure, 2020 has been an awful year. I won’t recap anything, because the memories are all too painful and fresh in our minds. We are stuck in the time warp that began in March and the carousel keeps spinning without end. As we begin the new year, few people are suggesting that there will be significant improvements anytime soon. So what ... [continue reading]

It is Dec. 1, 2020. In eight days I turn 50. As I consume the last of my Thanksgiving desserts that I made myself for the first time I peer through my front window and appreciate twinkling holiday lights looking for acknowledgment amidst a white furry blanket of snow, covering our Northeast Ohio landscape. To me it is emblematic of what this year ... [continue reading]

Almost a quarter century ago, while attending a “Dental Emergencies” CE program, the speaker went somewhat “off topic.” The Doctor/Lecturer stepped back from the podium and challenged his dentist audience ... to be something other than just clinicians and openly wondered if we considered ourselves a “total health ... [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 a possible dentist board member opening on the Ohio State Dental Board (OSDB), which may be vacant in April 2021. The board member position is ... [continue reading]

The ODA Council on Membership Services is excited to announce that a rolling application cycle is available for the 2021 recruitment grant program. Applications will be reviewed on a quarterly basis until funds run out to allow dental societies more flexibility to target recruitment efforts in specific market segments as they are identified in ... [continue reading]

The Ohio Dental Association is excited to announce a new section of our website to place job postings for dental staff members. We recently updated our online classified ads section as our new Jobs & Ads Board and made it easier to find and navigate. Along with this change, we have launched a new section for dentists to post ads for staff ... [continue reading]

Delta Dental offers Dental Office Toolkit (DOT) for eligibility determination and submission of electronic claims at no cost. This will result in your office getting paid faster than by paper claims submission. In March, COVID-19 resulted in a mandatory closure of our offices. This meant the mailroom and printing services were closed. For ... [continue reading]

ODA members can download and print employment posters from the ODA’s website for free. All employers are required to post numerous employment posters in their offices. To download the posters, visit https://www.oda.org/member-center/resources/employment-posters/. These posters are only available to ODA ... [continue reading]