Make your life easier with the CDT 2018 Kit. This essential ADA resource helps your team code more accurately for fewer claims rejections and faster reimbursement. This CDT 2018 Kit includes: CDT 2018: Dental Procedure Codes manual has the most up-to-date CDT Codes, including 18 new codes, 16 revised codes and 3 deleted codes, plus complete descriptors CDT 2018 Coding …
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By Carol Morrow, D.D.S., CDA President From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association On June 10, I had the honor of being inducted as the 131st president of the Colorado Dental Association. I had been thinking about this day, in one way or another, for the last 37 years. This year was my 36th Colorado Dental Association …
From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Non-Medicaid providers may now collect copays for dual covered patients. In the past, there have been two conflicting sections of state law that disagreed on whether a co-pay or deductible associated with a dually covered patient’s primary insurance plan can be collected from Medicaid patients. If a dentist did not …
By Kevin Sessa, D.D.S., CDA Past President From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association I heard something simple yet profound last week: “Sometimes the things we want to hear the least are the things we need to hear the most.” As new dentists wrestle with the stress of a new practice, those huge student loan payments, perhaps …
By Kim Laudenslager, R.D.H., M.P.A. From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Q: I know it’s a long standing requirement to heat-sterilize high-speed and slow-speed handpieces between each patient but what about slow-speed handpiece motors and hygiene handpieces? A: The CDC made very strong statements in their 2003 and 2008 guidelines reaffirming the fact that “handpieces and …
From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association As shared with CDA members in the Winter 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final regulation Dec. 15, 2016, regarding the handling of dental amalgam waste. New regulations require most U.S. dental offices to use a qualifying amalgam separator and comply …
By Susan Spear From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Why is there an “earnest deposit” required when purchasing a dental practice? To answer that question, it is best to understand what an earnest deposit is and its value. West’s Encyclopedia of American Law defines earnest money as, “A sum of money paid by a buyer at …
From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association When the oral health of Colorado comes into question, our state’s dentists respond. That was the clear case this past spring in Durango, where local dentists partnered with public health organizations and community members to defeat a citizen initiative to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the city’s drinking water.When …
By Greg Hill, J.D., C.A.E., CDA Executive Director From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association I recently had a conversation with a dental association leader about our strategic plan and what we hoped to achieve over the next five years. During that conversation I noticed that I used the word “impact” over and over, to the point …
