February 3, 2016 Conflict can occur in any workplace, but you, as a manager, can determine how you let it affect your workplace. Sign up now to attend Mastering Workplace Conflict: Keeping Your Practice a Battle-Free Zone, a Masters Series program, March 11, from 8 a.m. to noon, at CDA headquarters in Greenwood Village, Colo., and earn three continuing education …
Pay Your Dues With Your ADA U.S. Bank Credit Card to Receive Double Points
December 16, 2015 With a new year just around the corner, the 2016 dues payment cycle is well underway. Earn double points when you pay for your dues with your American Dental Association (ADA) Visa Signature credit card from U.S. Bank, the only credit card endorsed by ADA members and ADA Business Resources. How Does It Work? CDA members should …
Code Claims Correctly From the Start With the CDT 2016 Kit
December 16, 2015 CDT 2016 is the official source for the most accurate and up-to-date ADA dental procedure codes. Relying on old information may lead to unexpected claim denials or reimbursement delays. Code changes for 2016 include 19 new codes, 12 revised codes and 8 deleted codes. CDT 2016 also features: • new dental procedure codes to reflect technological advances …
COFluorideFacts.org Goes Live to Help Colorado Communities
December 16, 2015 The CDA and Oral Health Colorado (OHCO) launched this week, Colorado Fluoride Facts, a website and set of social media tools that communicate about the benefits, safety and support of community water fluoridation in Colorado. Because of the challenges to this proven public health benefit across Colorado—which have stretched from Loveland to Denver and across to Montrose—the …
Why Do We Do What We Do? Because Dental Health Matters
December 16, 2015 The CDA is pleased to announce its newest program, Dental Health Matters. In an effort to help underserved communities and populations, this program will draw together all of the CDA’s efforts to advance the oral health of Coloradans. The CDA already has undertaken measures in pursuit of greater access to dental care as well as to enhance …
How Did the 2015 Legislative Session Affect You?
By Jennifer Goodrum, Director of CDA Government Relations From the Summer 2015 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Colorado’s 2015 state legislative session ran from Jan. 7 through May 6. As always, the CDA worked hard at the statehouse on your behalf. It was a busy – and productive – session for the dental profession. This year, the CDA was …
Sunset Review: Anesthesia Rule Changes
By Jennifer Goodrum, CDA Director of Government Relations From the Summer 2015 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association During fall 2014 and spring 2015, the Colorado Dental Board conducted rulemaking hearings in order to implement the dental sunset review bill. The State Board established four related rulemaking committees: anesthesia; CE and fining; licensure; lasers, dental hygiene prescribing and dental …
Welcoming New Dental Colleagues
By Denise Kassebaum, D.D.S., M.S., dean of the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine From the Summer 2015 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the members and leadership of the Colorado Dental Association for your continued support of the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine (SDM). Your participation in …
Leading in a Time of Change
By Gary Field, D.D.S., CDA President From the Summer 2015 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association My journey to leadership in the dental community started when I was an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska, as a sophomore pre-dent major. I was just elected as the president of the pre-dent club, and we had just met the dean of the …
Colorado Dental Care Ranks High in Key Areas in ADA Health Policy Institute Analysis
December 9, 2015 An American Dental Association Health Policy Institute (HPI) report, “The Oral Health Care System: A State-by-State Analysis,” released Dec. 9, 2015, compiled data on the U.S. dental healthcare system in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and the nation as a whole. Colorado statistics from the HPI report demonstrate the outreach and dedication by the …
