WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS! REINSTATEMENTS DR. MOUSSA SWEID-HALABI (General Practice, New York University, 2001) 341Wallabout St Ste 1B Brooklyn, NY 11206-4378 TRANSFERS DR. DANIELLE KRISTAL (Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, The State University of New York: Stony Brook, 2019; transferred from WashtenawDistrict Dental Society) 372 Avenue U Ste 2 Brooklyn, NY 11223-4052 DR. MARIAH PEWARSKI (Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, University of Pennsylvania, 2018; transferred fromBronx County Dental Society) 530 5th Ave, Diamond Braces, Brooklyn, NY 11215 DR. ANNA RODRIGUEZ (General Practice, East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine, 2018; transferred fromNorth Carolina Dental Society) 360 Court St Ste 1, Brooklyn, NY 11231 DR. MOSES STERN (Endodontics, New York University, 2020; transferred from New York County Dental Society) 615 Bay Ridge Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11209 to the full extent of the law. It was proposed to give state dental boards a role in stopping these practices. Unfortunately, there have been liability issues for these boards and different states have different laws regulating their scope. The policy was ultimately sent back to ADA councils to find solutions to these issues. Several resolutions tried to address providing more funding for dental services to those in need. The ADA will be advocating for increased funding for dental services to veterans. We will also be supporting enforcing better dental loss ratios in the Medicaid programs. This would mean a greater percentage of dental insurance premium dollars would go to providing care and less to administration. The Medicaid task force will be continuing its work to develop policies that increase reimbursements, reduce administrative burdens and generally make the program more appealing to providers, thereby increasing access to care. They also addressed the subject of student debt by looking at ways to improve the debt relief programs for those working in the National Health Service Corp. There was also policy to address concerns about the federal government’s proposed student loan forgiveness program. The ADA will lobby to make sure dentists are included in any federal program. An election took place for the position of ADA president-elect. The trustee fromWashington, Dr. Linda Edgar, bested the NYSDA ADA Trustee Dr. Paul Leary for the position. The Second District Dental Society (SDDS) was represented by Drs. Paul Albicocco, Alyson Buchalter, John Demas, Mitchell Mindlin, Craig Ratner, and Paul Teplitsky. Dr. Mitchell Mindlin serves as ADA delegate for SDDS. He is also a past president of SDDS. IN MEMORIAM Dr. George Diacoumakos – New York University, 1981 Dr. Thomas P. McHugh – New York University, 1955 FOLLOW US! facebook.com/SDDSofNY twitter.com/SDDSofNY instagram.com/SDDSofNY WWW.SDDSNY.ORG 3
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