Category: ODA Today

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting applications for the 2015 silver level of the Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Program. The E3 program recognizes organizations committed to environmental excellence and provides bronze, silver and gold levels of recognition. The silver level recognizes organizations that have a ... [continue reading]

Several ODA member dentists and dental students meet with Speaker of the House William Batchelder and Ohio Rep. Terry Johnson during the ODA’s Day at the Statehouse. This year's ODA Day at the Statehouse was a busy event, full of meetings with legislators, a hearing on legislation supported by the ODA and a press ... [continue reading]

Dentists attend a breakout session at the 2014 Leadership Institute on third-party payer issues presented by ODA Director of Dental Services Chris Moore. The 2014 ODA Leadership Institute gave dentists a chance to learn about current trends and issues in dentistry, reconnect with colleagues and re-energize. “As I am becoming ... [continue reading]

Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a series about marketing. To see the first article, click here. Too many businesses think that "if you advertise, they will come." But "they" will not necessarily respond if you haven’t established a reason for "them" to take action. And that action begins with branding. Actually, your ... [continue reading]

The ODA Foundation achieved a significant milestone in 2013 – the highest amount given for grants and scholarship in a single year, $101,230 – bringing the amount awarded for dentistry in Ohio since 1995 to more than $743,000. Hundreds of Ohio dental school students have received scholarship assistance through the years – and ... [continue reading]

The Dental OPTIONS program recently adjusted its patient eligibility requirements in response to Medicaid expansion in Ohio to better serve patients in need. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, more adults are now eligible for Medicaid, and therefore are no longer eligible to participate in Dental ... [continue reading]

When we usually think of “dental safety net” programs, we are drawn to clinics, public health programs, hospitals and dental educational programs like our two dental schools and the advanced general practice residencies across our state. This list also includes local programs run by societies, faith-based groups and local health ... [continue reading]

My August 2013 column, “North Carolina case should not affect Ohio State Dental Board,” gave a detailed description of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision upholding the Federal Trade Commission’s finding that the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners (N.C. Dental Board) violated federal antitrust laws by ... [continue reading]

Ohio's dentists have an unparalleled record of public service and volunteer work through the Dental OPTIONS program, Give Kids a Smile and other activities. A recent survey showed that the state's dentists donate over $40 million in care and services each year. Ohio law has long provided protection from liability to dentists and other health care ... [continue reading]

Can an insurance company withhold payment for one patient because it made an overpayment for a different patient? Or, can an insurer withhold payment for one dentist's patient because it made an overpayment to a different dentist? And, if they can do these things, how far back can they go, six months, nine months, a year, longer? “The Ohio ... [continue reading]