2013-04-03 15:07

The GDA Annual Meeting is July 25-28, 2013, in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, at The Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa. Registration is now open! Click here to read about the continuing education courses, social events, and exhibit hall attractions, and either register online or print a paper registration form. See you at the beach!

2013-03-19 12:35

A workforce census and study conducted by the Georgia Health Policy Center and Market Decisions Inc. supports GDA assertions that Georgia does not have a dental supply issue. In fact, only 19 out of 4,044 dentists practicing in Georgia cannot accept new patients. To read the study and the GDA press release, click here.

2013-03-04 15:42

The Dental Dash at Dawn is a 5K Run / Walk benefiting the DDD Foundation, a non-profit organization which offers dentistry to  developmentally disabled persons. Proceeds will help provide dental treatment as well as help the organization fund for expansion. The race takes place at 8AM on March 30, 2013, at 680 Dallas Street in Atlanta (30308). To register, visit the DDD web site by clicking here.

2013-02-01 08:47

February is Children’s Dental Health Month. While dental offices will conduct activities all month for children regardless of their economic status, a special focus will be on February 1—Give Kids a Smile Day. Volunteers are encouraged to provide preventive and restorative services to children from low-income families on this day. Read more about GKAS, and view media coverage, by clicking here.

2013-01-31 15:20

The GDA office has been in constant contact with HP Enterprises, DentaQuest, Avesis and Scion Dental regarding the denials that Medicaid dentists are receiving for the new D1208 Fluoride Code.  The state's fiscal agent, HP Enterprises, is working as quickly as possible to update their system to recognize the D1208 code, in place of D1203 and D1204. They anticipate a fix to be in place by the end of February (if not sooner) and have told the GDA that they will automatically reprocess all denied claims for D1208. Read more on the GDA third party assistance page (member login required).