Community Oral Health and Health Policy

Course Overview
Despite misconceptions and fears associated with being a Medicaid provider, treating this population can be rewarding and not cut adversely into your bottom line. Members of the ADA’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention (CAAP) Medicaid Provider Advisory Committee will share insights, opportunities and challenges regarding program integrity, compliance, fraud, advocacy and how better to safeguard your practice while providing care to this growing population in an era of increasing accountability and scrutiny. Special emphasis will be given to the importance of proper documentation of medical necessity.

Learning objectives
• Implement efficient practice protocols to safeguard practice viability and protect oneself from unintentional non-compliance resulting in fraud allegations
• Document medical necessity within dentistry
• Recruit other Medicaid providers through positive advocacy and role modeling

Presenters
Dr. Sidney Whitman, pediatric dentist in New Jersey and chair of CAAP’s Medicaid Provider Advisory Committee
Dr. Allen Finkelstein, CEO Bedford Healthcare Solutions and MPAC member
Dr. Charles Czerepak, pediatric dentist in Illinois and MPAC member

Moderator
Dr. Steve Geiermann, senior manager, ADA CAAP

Course Overview
How does a dentist interested in promoting the HPV vaccine build a collaboration with a medical provider? What actions can states take to build collaborative partnerships that increase HPV vaccination? Please join Jessica Jack MD FAAP, Pediatrician, & Scott Hamilton, DDS, Pediatric Dentist, Denver Health, and Tommy Johnson, DMD, State Dental Director, Alabama Department of Public Health, to discuss partnership models and more.

This course is the third in the three-part series "HPV Cancers in Action" from the ADA Council on Advocacy for Access & Prevention (CAAP). More than ever, there is a need to increase awareness of HPV and of educating the public on the need for HPV immunization. The administration of the HPV vaccine is a safe and effective way to reduce the risk of HPV-related cancers, including certain head and neck cancers. HPV is now associated with more than 20,000 cases of head and neck cancer each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Learning objectives
• Understand how dentistry and medicine can collaborate to promote primary prevention of HPV
• Understand the lessons learned from a pilot project including dentists, pediatricians, and efforts to increase pediatric vaccination rates
• Experience an example of a multi-factorial, interdisciplinary collaboration to educate providers on HPV-related oral and oropharyngeal cancers and the importance of promotion of the HPV vaccine

Course Overview
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased awareness of dentists as vaccinators—including the HPV vaccine. Please join Rosie Wagner DDS, Founder, Smiles By Rosie Family Dentistry and Isaac Zeckel DDS, Chief Dental Director, HealthLinc, to discuss the benefits of dentists as immunizers, steps to becoming a dentist immunizer, medicolegal considerations, and ways to increase access to care by providing a new vaccination setting, with innovative vaccination approaches that utilize on-site interdisciplinary teams.

This course is the second in the three-part series "HPV Cancers in Action" from the ADA Council on Advocacy for Access & Prevention (CAAP). More than ever, there is a need to increase awareness of HPV and of educating the public on the need for HPV immunization. The administration of the HPV vaccine is a safe and effective way to reduce the risk of HPV-related cancers, including certain head and neck cancers. HPV is now associated with more than 20,000 cases of head and neck cancer each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Course Overview
The dentist plays a critical role in the detection of oral cancers and in educating their patients on the importance of HPV vaccination. In this presentation, Gary Heyamoto, DDS, MAGD, President, Academy of General Dentistry Foundation (AGDF) discusses the importance of performing a consistent,　thorough clinical oral exam, how to discuss HPV vaccination with patients, be able to describe Anterior Mouth and Posterior Mouth from a medical perspective and learn how dentists can participate, as an office, in fighting HPV oral cancers through awareness and promotion of the HPV vaccine.

This course is first in the three-part series "HPV Cancers in Action" from the ADA Council on Advocacy for Access & Prevention (CAAP). More than ever, there is a need to increase awareness of HPV and of educating the public on the need for HPV immunization. The administration of the HPV vaccine is a safe and effective way to reduce the risk of HPV-related cancers, including certain head and neck cancers. HPV is now associated with more than 20,000 cases of head and neck cancer each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Course Overview
The 2022 National Children's Dental Health Month theme is "Sealants Make Sense". This webinar will highlight that theme with the latest HRSA/NHANES data of dental sealant placement prevalence, clarifications on the difference between dental decay and dental caries, as well as clarifying the differences between resin and glass ionomer dental sealants.

Speakers
Dr. Irene Hilton, Chair of the ADA Advisory Committee on Dental Sealants
Dr. Susan Sergie, Pediatric Dentist, Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Dental Department
Dr. Katie Kosten, Director of Community Dentistry, Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine

Course Overview
Human trafficking is more prevalent than most think. Many ask, "What can I do as a dentist?" Get the ED physician perspective on what dentists need to know to increase awareness, best practices for screening & what to do when faced with these potential sensitive situations

Learning objectives:
• Recognize potential victims of human trafficking & implement strategies for screening at risk patients
• Apply interventions for potential victims of trafficking
• Discuss healthcare worker obligations in reporting/documentation of suspected trafficking and resources available to them

Presented by the ADA’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention (CAAP).

Facilitator:
Merle A. Carter, MD, FACEP, executive vice chair of emergency medicine at Einstein Healthcare Network

Course Overview
Dental Medicaid benefits can be a confusing process, but that doesn’t mean your bottom line can’t benefit from participation. Being a Medicaid provider – even for a few patients per week – can enhance your community stature, increase legislative effectiveness, and help the dental profession. Learn more about how it works (and can work for you) from dentists who take Medicaid in their practices, with concrete tips based on their own personal experiences including appropriate documentation, patient management and a journey into cultural competence that will elevate your entire practice.

Learning objectives:
• Learn how being a Medicaid provider offers tangible practice benefits, including staff satisfaction
• Understand how dentists can control their participation levels within a Medicaid program
• Develop systems to participate in Medicaid from a business/marketing standpoint

Presented by the ADA’s Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention (CAAP).

Facilitators:
Jessica A. Meeske, D.D.S., M.S.
Carol Marie Morrow, D.D.S.
Jeff Kahl, D.D.S.

Course Overview
Few challenges strike as much fear in a dentist’s heart as the need to talk to one of their patients who has been harmed by their dental care. Join the webinar and hear national experts share best practices for communicating with patients who have been harmed by their dental care and describe how these skills reinforce the key behaviors needed to support patients and drive learning in dentistry.