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Jun 15 2022
Nearly 100 dentists, dental residents, students and spouses met with their state senators and representatives at the 2022 Ohio Dental Association Day at the Statehouse on May ... [continue reading]
Jun 15 2022
Last month, the ODA hosted its annual Day at the Statehouse where nearly 100 dentists and dental students met with legislators from both parties at the Ohio Statehouse to discuss dental therapists, ODA’s non-covered dental services legislation, reforming the Ohio Medicaid program, including raising reimbursements, and other important ... [continue reading]
Apr 11 2022
Day at the Statehouse, the Ohio Dental Association’s most important grassroots advocacy event, will be May 18 in Columbus. Day at the Statehouse gives dentists, dental residents and dental students an ... [continue reading]
Apr 11 2022
The ADA hosted its annual Dentist and Student Lobby Day in ... [continue reading]
Apr 11 2022
The beginning of 2022 has come with a lot of carryover from 2020 and 2021. Most of which is dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and how the world is reacting. While COVID is still out and about and a very real concern, it does seem that we have begun to return to more of a “normal.” Having said that, I wanted to share with all of you ... [continue reading]
Dec 14 2021
As we come to the end of 2021 it is important to recap the year at the statehouse and look ahead to the coming year. As crazy as 2020 was, 2021 has also been full of challenges due to the pandemic that is still going on throughout the world. The ODA lobby team has been very busy this year. In the beginning of 2021, which seems like much longer ... [continue reading]
Nov 9 2021
On Sept. 22, ODA Past President Dr. Sharon Parsons and I testified before the Ohio House of Representatives Insurance Committee in support of House Bill 344, which would prohibit dental insurers from setting fees for dental services that the insurance companies do not even cover. I pointed out that “this practice of insurance companies ... [continue reading]
Oct 19 2021
Dental insurance plans are now dictating fees for dental services that the insurance company does not even cover for enrollees. This practice is fundamentally unfair and unnecessarily interferes with the patient-dentist relationship. The Ohio Dental Association supports the effort to stop this unfair practice and asks members of the General ... [continue reading]
Aug 11 2021
One of the busiest times of the year has come and gone in the Ohio legislature. The biennial operating budget (House Bill 110) has passed the House and Senate and has been signed by the governor. The budget has to be passed by July 1 in order for the state to continue to operate. The main purpose of the budget is to allocate money to departments ... [continue reading]
Jul 12 2021
Dr. Hal Jeter attends a meeting during the ODA Virtual Day at the Statehouse with Dr. Hans Guter and Dr. Scott Balzer and staff members from the office of Sen. Bob Peterson (R-Washington Courthouse). They were joined on the call by Eric Richmond, ODA director of legal and legislative ... [continue reading]
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