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ADA continues to monitor resources available to affected providers. A funding assistance program is available to dentists impacted by the cyberattack on Change Healthcare.

Nominations to the SDDS 2024 Nominating Committee were held at the General Membership Meeting on Thursday, March 14th.

Dispose of your old documents and dental records securely at our upcoming Second District shredding events this April!

The Corporate Transparency Act requires dental practices and certain businesses that meet specific requirements to report information to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network about their ownership.

ALL licensed dentists and dental hygienists who completed an "once in a lifetime" course must now complete a new Child Abuse Reporting course. This includes newly licensed dentists who completed a New York residency program as of 2023. This course must be completed by April 1, 2025.

If you are new dentist who meets the eligibility requirements listed below, now is your opportunity to apply for the SDDS Dental Student Loan Forgiveness Program. You could be one of several new dentists selected to receive an award up to $10,000 to help decrease your student loan debt.

A new version of the ADA Claim Form and its updated completion instructions will be effective January 1, 2024. The ADA Dental Claim Form provides a common format for reporting dental services to a patient's dental benefit plan. ADA policy promotes use and acceptance of the most current version of the ADA Dental Claim Form by dentists and payers.

On June 22, 2023, the Nominating Committee met to select nominees for the 2024 elective positions. Elections will take place at the November Membership Meeting on November 9, 2023. Click for the full report of selected nominees.

The SDDS Bulletin would like to invite all our hospital resident members to submit a case report. Every month, the SDDS publication team will choose a winning submission.

Dispose of your old documents and dental records securely at our upcoming Second District shredding event! Friday, October 6th in Brooklyn.

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are pleased to announce the release of version 3.4 of the Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool.

Dispose of your old documents and dental records securely at these upcoming Second District shredding events! Friday, July 28th in Brooklyn and Friday, August 4th in Staten Island.

"Due to the changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving vaccine recommendations, the New York State Department of Health has begun the process of repealing the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for workers at regulated health care facilities.

Members of the Second District Nominating Committee will meet this coming June to assemble its slate of candidates for the available elective positions effective January 1, 2024.

At the April 20, 2023 general membership meeting, the following SDDS members were nominated to serve on the SDDS Nominating Committee (in alphabetical order):

(Effective June 26) The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, passed by Congress as part of the Omnibus Bill of 2022, mandates most practitioners licensed to prescribe controlled substances, including dentists, complete eight hours of one-time training on safely prescribing controlled substances (Schedules II, III IV, and/or V) in order to receive or renew their registration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

In December 2022, the U.S. Congress passed an omnibus spending bill that included the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act. This new law requires prescribers of controlled substances, including dentists, to complete eight hours of one-time training on safely prescribing controlled substances in order to receive or renew their registration with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). This new requirement goes into effect on June 27, 2023. --

Nominations to the SDDS 2023 Nominating Committee were held at the General Membership Meeting on Thursday, March 9th.

The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) is ending its novel coronavirus (COVID-19) masking requirements in health care facilities effective February 12, 2023.

The Board of Trustees reviewed and approved proposed amendments to the SDDS Bylaws at the February 6, 2023 meeting of the Board. They will be presented to the membership for a vote at the March 9, 2023 Scientific / Stated Meeting (aka General Membership Meeting).