The ADA wrote an Aug. 6 letter to Timothy J. Shea, DEA acting administrator, requesting the agency consider delaying the new fee schedule in order to assist dental practices impacted financially by COVID-19.
In that letter, ADA President Chad P. Gehani and Executive Director Kathleen T. O’Loughlin explained how dentists closed completely or limited their practices to emergencies only at the onset of the pandemic and said the Association believes a one-year delay would “provide temporary fiscal relief for dentists until stabilization of the current crisis.” The ADA learned Aug. 28 that the DEA has denied that request. In response, the ADA is encouraging dentists with DEA prescribing licenses expiring before Oct. 31 to renew them now and for dentists registering for the first time to do so before Sept. 31.
To register, visit the DEA website.
