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ADA News (Newspaper) - August 17, 1998, Chicago, Illinois AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION AUGUST 1 1 1 5 BRIEFS Youve got the presidents number Dont its just one week until the Presidents GallIn On 24 ADA President David Whiston will spend three hours on the phone answering den questions and discussing issues facing the The Presidents CallIn Day is scheduled 24 for 11 to 2 Callers are asked to use a special toll free phone number 1 Please dont try to call before then the number will be active only that day for those three If youd prefer to reach Whiston by email that use this address ADA to draft brief in Bragdon case The ADA will formally advise the First Circuit Court of Appeals that Association policy maintains patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus can be safely treated in a dental office as long as universal precautions are During its August the ADA Board of Trustees voted to file an amicus brief in the court of appeals in connection with the Supreme Courts June ruling on a case involving Randon Brag a Maine dentist who refused to treat an woman in his private dental While the court ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act protects individuals from it withheld judgment on the effectiveness of universal The ADA has long held that as long as universal precautions are patients can be safely treated in the dental A detailed story will appear in the 7 ADA On direct course for DR Days You have until 21 to regis ter for DR Days 98 DR Success A Team at ADA head quarters DR Days 98 is designed for constituent and component society staff members and consul tants and others interested in pro This years event will provide greater focus on brokers and administrators For more call the Council on Dental Benefit Pro grams at Association takes leadership role as resource on ADA explores marketplace issues GOT A DMSO QUESTION ADA 7477 BY JAMES BERRY Through expanded contract analysis and other the ADA is rapidly establish ing itself as a central source of infor mation on dental management ser vice The Associations goal is to pro vide its members with the facts they need to make informed choices in a changing said Joseph ADA second vice president and chairman of a DMSO Task Force appointed by the Board of The task force met in Chicago 8 to review information and resources currently and to plan for the The task force developed a number of specific rec and presented them to INSIDE DMSO PAGE 12 CON PAGE 12 PRACTICE PAGE 12 INFORMATION ON THE PAGE 16 the ADA Board the following The Board adopted the We want to make sure that the various divisions of the Association are working in concert with one another on DMSO said We also want to make sure that the ADA is providing sound advice to those members thinking of contracting with a Among other the task force developed and approved three reports included in this issue of the ADA News see page The three reports address questions dentists should consider when contemplating the sale of their dental practice to a The reports focus on legal issues related to selling a dental practice to a DMSO financial and management issues dentists should explore before such a sale dental practice issues to be con before The task force also was briefed on other either in the works or under Contract analysis Among the leading activities already in place is the ADA Contract Analysis provided through the Division of Legal Estab in the service originally focused mainly on provider contracts from dental benefit in response to a 1997 House of Delegates the service was expanded this year to include DMSO contract noted Peter ADA general counsel and associate executive director for Legal Sfikas is lead staff on the DMSO Task Through the he mem bers can get a analysis of a DMSO contract free of charge by submitting an nonreturn able photocopy of the contract through their state or local dental Dentists submitting contracts directly to the ADA will be charged a Studying the marketplace A central charge of the task force See page 18 Dental visits tied to income Government sees pattern for blacks and Hispanics BY CRAIG PALMER dental important to prevention and treat ment of oral are strongly associated with family the government told Congress and the President in a report on the nations The strength of the association between family income and dental care utilization is similar for black and Hispanic said the United compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Center for Health The percent of high income adults with a dental visit dur See page eight Dental visits within the past Year among adults 1824 years of age by family 1993 100 All races Source Centers for Disease Control and and the National Center for Health Protection bills on hold as Congress takes a break BY CRAIG PALMER and Democratic congressional leaders are seeking the professions sup port for competing patient protec tion Association officials told grassroots dentists July We met with GOP House lead ers just last and Democratic leaders continue to seek our ADA President David Whiston and Executive Director John Zapp said in a patient protection The ADA officials also met recently with Senate Republican leaders to discuss legislation awaiting Sen ate That these members of Con See page eight

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