Category: ODA Today

Save the date for the 2024 ODA Annual Session, which will be Sept. 12-14 in Columbus. The 2024 ODA Annual Session will offer many opportunities for attendees to connect, learn and excel, including CE courses, new technology, exhibitor networking and special events. Registration will launch this spring. Click here for more ... [continue reading]

The American Dental Association has released the CDT 2024, which took effect Jan. 1, 2024. The new CDT 2024 is the HIPAA-recognized code set for dentistry. The ADA offers several CDT coding products, including books, training tools and an app, which can be found at ... [continue reading]

Ohio’s minimum wage increased from $10.10 per hour to $10.45 per hour for non-tipped employees on Jan. 1, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce. A 2024 Minimum Wage Poster is available to download free for members by clicking ... [continue reading]

I had a new experience this past month, I was a scout for the ODA! I have spent the last 10-12 years learning about dental insurance and working to assist our members with those concerns. In this presidential year, I am making an effort to participate in all ODA council and committee meetings as my schedule permits. I attended my first Annual ... [continue reading]

The ODA Leadership Institute is designed to provide training and education that is of interest to all Ohio dentists, including enhancing skills for use in the dental office, within the local community, and within the dental profession at large. And this year’s program is no different. The 2024 Leadership Institute will feature sessions on dental ... [continue reading]

I am sure that most of you are aware of the Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) that requires businesses residing or doing business in Ohio to pay tax on their annual gross receipts. This tax was supported by the ODA and implemented in 2005 when it replaced the corporate franchise tax and tangible personal property tax over a five-year period ending in ... [continue reading]

The new Ohio Medicad Fees are now finalized and effective January 1, 2024. They represent the culmination of a significant amount of work performed by grassroots Ohio Dental Association member dentists, the ODA lobbying team, Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM), Gov. Mike DeWine, the Ohio General Assembly and other oral health care advocates. The ... [continue reading]

The ODA has been blessed with strong leaders over the years. We lost another paragon in December with the passing of Dr. Denny Burns. I met Denny while I was a student delegate and his character loomed large in my initial impressions of the dental association. The current ODA leadership learned of his passing via email from Executive Director Dave ... [continue reading]

The recent COVID-19 pandemic made “vaccine hesitancy,” relative to reluctance about receiving vaccination against the culprit virus, a household word. That term had been around a while, but less known and previously related to the international discussion about all childhood vaccinations and their implication in the spike of autism spectrum ... [continue reading]

Before I was ever in leadership with organized dentistry, before I was a dentist, and before I even knew what my life’s work would look like, I was part of a community – a group of individuals existing together through residential, familial and relational proximity. They were there when I was born; they were in my school and in my church. No ... [continue reading]