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‘Thrilled to speak on behalf of my school, dental professionals and Californians’

“There is a quote I love that reads, ‘If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu,’” says Barbara…

April 2, 2024 |Access to Care, Dental Benefit Plans, Dental Plan Reform, Legislation, News Articles

Dentists must screen patients for measles, other ATDs, before providing treatment

As cases of the highly contagious but preventable measles viral infection increase across the U.S. due to delayed childhood vaccinations,…

March 20, 2024 |Cal/OSHA Safety Regulations, News Articles, Patient Care

CDA, SDDS defeat extreme tax measure, protecting Sacramento dental practices

CDA, the Sacramento District Dental Society and the No on Measure C campaign are celebrating a significant victory after soundly…

March 13, 2024 |Advocacy, News Articles

Recommended actions for practices affected by Change Healthcare cyberattack

Updated March 12 to include anticipated restoration of services plus information on specific impacts to electronic prescribing and Medi-Cal Dental…

March 7, 2024 |News Articles, Practice Management, Regulatory Compliance

Orofacial pain’s evolving landscape explored in CDA Journal collection

In Orofacial Pain, the latest collection of the Journal of the California Dental Association, three articles highlight the quickly evolving…

March 6, 2024 |News Articles, Patient Care

Classifying workers as independent contractors even less permissible under new federal rule

Employers who are not already following stricter state laws on worker classification must use a more complex multi-factor analysis when determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor.

February 29, 2024 |Laws & Regulations

Before renewing license, some California dentists must submit fingerprint to dental board

California-licensed dentists who do not have a fingerprint on record in the dental board’s section of the Department of Consumer…

February 21, 2024 |Dental Practice & Licensing, News Articles, Regulatory Compliance

CDA-sponsored bill to protect dentists from predatory virtual credit cards passes Legislature

Update, October 2024: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 22 vetoed SB 1369. CDA will continue fighting for stronger requirements that…

February 20, 2024 |Advocacy, Dental Plan Reform, Legislation, News Articles

Abyde’s HIPAA eBook defines HIPAA and why it matters in the dental practice

Navigating the complexities of HIPAA compliance can be overwhelming, especially when you have numerous pressing concerns in your daily practice….

February 20, 2024 |Endorsed Services, News Articles, Privacy/HIPAA

Reporting requirement for most dental practice owners under Corporate Transparency Act

Owners of small businesses with fewer than 20 employees are newly required to report their ownership information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in compliance with the federal Corporate Transparency Act. 

January 23, 2024 |News Articles, Practice Management, Regulatory Compliance

Dr. Harold C. Slavkin, authority on craniofacial biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry dean emeritus, dies at 85

Harold C. Slavkin, DDS, a leading authority on craniofacial biology, dean emeritus at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and a founding member of the Santa Fe Group, died Dec. 22, 2023, at his home in Marina Del Rey, California. He was 85.

January 22, 2024 |Membership, News Articles, Public Health

Medi-Cal beneficiaries in Sacramento County may disenroll from DMC plans and enroll in fee-for-service

Changes are coming to the Medi-Cal Dental Program in Sacramento County. Dentists must be enrolled as a provider in Medi-Cal Dental fee-for-service to continue seeing any existing patients who leave their DMC plan and enroll in Medi-Cal Dental FFS. 

December 19, 2023 |Dental Benefit Plans, Medi-Cal/Denti-Cal, News Articles
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