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Feb 11 2025
It seems that we are at the time of the year where dental suppliers are requesting that offices update their exemption from having a Terminal Distributor of Dangerous Drugs license (TDDD). Over the last few months phone calls to the ODA have picked up regarding the TDDD. Due to the significant amount of conversation on this topic I think that it ... [continue reading]
Jan 21 2025
The Ohio Dental Association has received many calls over the last number of months concerning Ohio’s new non-covered services law. It may be helpful to review the new law and the commonly asked questions concerning it so dental offices have a good idea of what to expect from its full implementation on Jan. 1, 2025. Background and key to ... [continue reading]
Dec 17 2024
In February, I wrote about a new law – the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) – that would require most dental offices to provide information to the U.S. Department of Treasury regarding their dental practices and beneficial ownership. The filing was required to be made before Jan. 1, 2025, or face possible penalties. For the filing, most dental ... [continue reading]
Nov 14 2024
To the Members of the Ohio Dental Association: I understand that some of you have recently received factually inaccurate information regarding the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. Senate Bill 40, which includes the Compact, passed the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support and was signed into law ... [continue reading]
Nov 14 2024
Dr. Joseph Crowley has a long and distinguished career in organized dentistry. Among his many offices, he has served as president of both the Ohio Dental Association (2005-06) and the American Dental Association (2017-18). In 2019, following the end of his term as ADA president, Crowley was appointed chair of the Coalition for Modernizing Dental ... [continue reading]
Nov 14 2024
In September, the Ohio State Dental Board floated a new proposed set of rules that would effectively end state protection of the public related to false claims of dental specialty status in advertising. The proposed rules would remove any criteria for specialty status or specialty-granting organizations and would merely require that anyone ... [continue reading]
Nov 14 2024
While the title of this article is about as broad as could possibly be, please know that I am not attempting to fit numerous courses of legal study into one article in the “ODA Today.” However, in the past few months I have been asked many questions regarding contracts. The intent of this article is to discuss some best practices regarding ... [continue reading]
Oct 10 2024
This summer, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation that prohibits dental insurers from forcing dentists to accept the fees insurers set for non-covered services. This was the result of many years of advocacy from the Ohio Dental Association on the topic. This legislation will go into effect 90 days after it was signed, and dental insurance ... [continue reading]
Oct 10 2024
Earlier this year, I wrote a column about the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule that would ban most non-compete clauses in employment contracts. As I wrote at the time, this rule would have a significant impact on employment contracts across all professions, including dentistry. In fact, I have had the chance to review hundreds of dentist ... [continue reading]
Oct 10 2024
The ADA’s Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct (Code) requires dentists to respect patients’ rights to self-determination and confidentiality. Section 1 – Principle: Patient Autonomy of the Code “expresses the concept that professionals have a duty to treat the patient according to the patient’s desires, within the ... [continue reading]
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