It’s hard to believe that 2019 is just over the horizon. It seems like yesterday that we were fretting about Y2K and expecting everything to shut down at the stroke of midnight when the year 2000 began. With a new year fast approaching, you have been invited to renew your professional relationship with dentistry by… Continue Reading Your investment keeps the WDA Foundation strong!
Your company is responsible for providing a safe and healthy workplace for all employees, customers and visitors to your facility. This includes safety from human-caused emergencies, such as crime and violence, as well as hazards caused by natural disasters, outbreaks of disease and accidents. In order to address these safety threats and mitigate risk, employers… Continue Reading Your emergency preparedness plan can save your business and lives
Another year and another Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT) update. The CDT 2019 is the dental office reference manual that the American Dental Association publishes on an annual basis. This manual contains all the CDT codes which are the national terminology for reporting dental services on claims submitted to insurance companies. For 2019,… Continue Reading Save on 2019 CDT
The Wisconsin Dental Association strives to save members time and money with our endorsed products and services. With over 30 thoroughly vetted offerings, we put our members’ minds, and wallets, at ease. To become WDA endorsed, a company must go under staff scrutiny and committee approval. This ensures the best value for our members. We… Continue Reading Save time and money with WDA endorsed products and services
American Dental Association/Wisconsin Dental Association members may be receiving correspondence from a company called Settlement Recovery Group (SRG), which is apparently offering to assist our members in facilitating their participation in the forthcoming settlement of the class action against Patterson, Benco and Henry Schein. This is nationwide class action lawsuit for which the settlement is… Continue Reading Class settlement information
Just when we think things have leveled off, another change to a Medicare requirement has come forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in regards to dentists who are enrolled for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) services. Back in 2009, CMS published a final rule that required certain DMEPOS… Continue Reading CMS changes for dentists who make oral appliances for Medicare beneficiaries
WDASupplySource.com is an online platform providing Wisconsin Dental Association members exclusive pricing on 65,000+ dental products and small equipment items. Over 380 member accounts have been established since its debut in February. We are not aware of even one, small (1-2 doctor) practice that has not saved money on supplies. Many accounts have saved over… Continue Reading WDA Supply Source pays for your membership
WEST ALLIS, WIS., Dec. 7, 2018 – In response to a recent report regarding dental opioid prescribing habits published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, Wisconsin Dental Association President Dr. Patrick Tepe, a general dentist in Verona, issued the following statement: Continue Reading Wisconsin dentists lead the fight against opioid addiction
In health care, the term “safety culture” or “culture of safety” is familiar. It refers to organizational values, attitudes and goals related to providing a safe environment and safe patient care. Although perhaps not as common, the term “security culture” is conceptually very similar to safety culture. An organization’s security culture focuses on beliefs, values… Continue Reading Ten ways to establish a security culture at your health care organization
Each year, a portion of Wisconsin Dental Association membership dues is determined nondeductible based on the relationship of total dues received by the WDA to the total lobbying expenditures for the year. Over the past several years, dues income has been on the decline due in part to non-renewals but also members have been moving… Continue Reading Why 2019 non-deductible lobbying is at 27 percent