WSDA tracked several bills this session concerning dental-specific issues, health care, small business issues, employer/employee matters, and much more. Read a summary of passed legislation that may impact you as a provider, business owner, employer, or employee.

The next DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which aims to provide a way to dispose of prescription drugs in a safe and responsible way, will be held on Saturday, April 30.

Beginning in January 2023, Washington employers with 15 or more employees will need to include the wage scale or salary range, along with a general description of all benefits and other compensation to be offered to applicants in job postings when the posting includes qualifications for desired applicants.

Attention Medicaid Providers: The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) recently published updates to both the Dental-related Services and Orthodontic Services billing guides.

The ADA is now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 class of its Institute for Diversity in Leadership. Apply by April 30.

Dr. Jeff Parrish and Dr. Brittany Dean, members of the WSDA Editorial Advisory Board, have been discussing organized dentistry’s role in and philosophy around political giving. Is there a line when a candidate, no matter how much they have done for dentistry, is inappropriate to support? Is this line applied evenly and to both sides of the aisle? Read their thoughts in this "intergenerational chat."

Dr. Linda Edgar's dental career, both as a dentist and as a volunteer within organized dentistry, is an impressive one, including successful leadership positions at the state, regional, and national levels. But her accomplishments outside of dentistry — as an adoptive mother, an author, a middle- and high-school teacher, a record-setting distance runner, a triathlete, and a cancer survivor — are every bit as impressive and revealing.

Learn more about updates to unemployment insurance relief, Long-Term Services and Supports Trust (LTSS) program reporting, and standard occupational classification reporting.

The Olympia Union Gospel Mission will hold its annual benefit concert, which supports the Mission's no-fee dental clinic, on Saturday, May 21.

Several WSDA and ADA leadership positions will be up for election at the 2022 WSDA House of Delegates in September. Apply to become a candidate by June 24.

Congratulations to WSDA member Dr. Harlyn Susarla for being named an American Dental Association 10 Under 10 Award winner.

Register today for the free ADA webinar "Preventing HPV Cancers in Action: The Critical Role of the Dentist" at 10:00 AM PT on Wednesday, March 23.