Sign up to volunteer with Everyone for Veterans, a non-profit organization founded by WSDA member Dr. Theresa Cheng, for the privilege of knowing and caring for a veteran.
The Department of Health, Health Systems Quality Assurance, is accepting applications for dentists east of the Cascades to fill a vacancy on the Dental Quality Assurance Commission.
The WSDA House of Delegates was held Sept. 21-23, 2023 in Seattle. See a list of election results and review resolutions passed by the House for the upcoming year.
Nathan Russell, who began his term as WSDA president at the House of Delegates meeting in September, is a straightforward kind of guy. He has a very clear vision of what’s important to him. “On my tombstone, it probably should read that ‘he loved loyalty,’” Russell says. “I’m extremely loyal to my family, to my friends, to my patients, to the dental profession, and to WSDA."
Many reform measures that improve how patients and dentists experience and use dental insurance have passed in recent years, and these reforms shift the balance of power from insurance companies back to the dental office.
Urge your Senators to support the Bipartisan Primary Care and Health Workforce Act, a bill that would ensure that many of these workforce programs are able to continue.
Refine your dental scrap with the WSDA-endorsed D-MMEX Easyrefine, and receive a standard 5% bonus on the total value of all precious metals submitted.
The ADA's free webinar on Student Loan Payments will cover what you should consider if you plan to refinance, implications of the end of the federal loan repayment holiday and walk through all student loan repayment options.
The Hawaii Dental Association Foundation has established a special Disaster Relief Fund to provide immediate support for dentists who have been affected by the disaster.
The ADA's free webinar on Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders will cover what perinatal or postpartum depression is, identify the risk factors and share when professional intervention is needed.
A workforce survey for dental assistants and expanded function dental auxiliaries (EFDAs) is currently being conducted by the Washington Oral Health Workforce (WOHW) Tracking Program.
The ADA’s new Locum Tenens and Dentistry guide discusses how dental benefit plans should be notified and what billing information and insurance considerations need to be provided when locum tenens dentists are employed.
The Dental Quality Assurance Commission (DQAC) has been working to update our state’s dental anesthesia rules. WSDA has concerns with several sections of the proposed rules. If you share these concerns, please take a brief moment to send a pre-drafted message to DQAC.
Substitute Senate Bill 5496 made clarifying changes to impaired practitioner programs and under this bill, the “Impaired Physician Program” is now referred to as the “Physician Health Program” (PHP).
The Dental Quality Assurance Commission has adopted an interpretive statement regarding the application requirements for moderate sedation with parenteral agents permits.
The Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission (PQAC) has begun rulemaking on the accessibility of prescription information for visually impaired individuals and individuals with limited English proficiency.
Refine your dental scrap with the WSDA-endorsed D-MMEX Easyrefine, and receive a standard 5% bonus on the total value of all precious metals submitted. Now through Sept. 30, Easyrefine is adding another 2% bonus, so you receive a total uplift of 7% on the value of the dental scrap you submit.
Skagit County Public Health is looking for at least 2 dentists, 2 assistants, and any possible hygienists that would like to volunteer providing free services to low income and vulnerable community members.
Washington Dentists’ Insurance Agency (WDIA) has received many inquiries from TDIC policyholders regarding changes to their TDIC Professional Liability. WDIA wants to be sure that policyholders have correct information about the changes.
This free and downloadable State Well-Being Program Directory provides a list of state contacts to help connect you to support during your time of need.
The Action for Dental Health Act, which provides funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) oral health workforce grant program, will expire at the end of this fiscal year.