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N ational ■ THE GAO HAS URGED THAT AUXILIARIES BE ALLOWED TO RESTORE TEETH, and its rep o rt has d raw n stron g AD A d issen t. T h e G en eral A cco u n tin g O ffice, an arm o f C on gress, reco m m en d ed th e re p ea l o f state law s b arrin g u se o f ex p an d ed fu n c tio n d en tal a u x ilia rie s (EFD A s) to “fill te e th ” and u rged th e W h ite H ou se O ffice of M an ag em en t and B u d g et to req u ire th e u se o f E FD A s in fed eral d en tal ca re program s. In its co m m en ts, th e A D A said th a t “ su ch a re co m m en d a tio n w o u ld im p a ir th e s ta te ’s o b lig a tio n to its c itiz e n s to in su re q u ality d en tal ca re and serv e as an u n w arran ted fed eral in tru sio n in to an area o f tra d itio n a l sta te s’ r ig h ts .” (4 -2 1 ) ■ STRIKING OIL REFINERY WORKERS HAVE WON NEW DENTAL BENEFITS in co n tra ct ag reem en ts w ith sev eral m ajo r co m p an ies. H ealth care b en e fits h ad b e e n a stu m b lin g b lo c k in n eg o tia tio n s d uring th e th ree-m o n th strike. T h e O il, C h e m ica l, and A to m ic W orkers U n io n (OCAW ) h as re a ch e d s e t tle m e n ts w ith sev eral of the co m p a n ies; o th er firm s n o t a sso cia te d w ith O C A W also h av e a n n o u n ced d en tal p lan s. (4-28) ■ A SENATE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER MILITARY PAY LEGISLATION th at has sp arked co n tro v ersy in th e H ou se b eca u se o f p ro v isio n s co v erin g m ilita ry d en tists. L e g isla tio n to re p la ce a m ilita ry pay b ill v eto ed M arch 11 by P resid en t C arter as b ein g “ in fla tio n a ry ” h as b ee n approved by th e ap p rop riate H ou se p a n e ls and is ex p e cted to go to th e H ouse flo o r soon . T h e H ou se b ill w ou ld m ake the “ co n tin u a tio n p a y ” for d en tal o fficers a p erm an en t e n title m e n t ra th er th a n an elem e n t o f c o m p e n sa tio n th a t co u ld be en d ed at any tim e. (4 -2 1 ) ■ PASSAGE OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE IS DOUBTFUL THIS YEAR, R ep . C harles R an gel (D -N Y), a k ey sp o n so r o f NHI le g isla tio n , told th e A D A -A D PA C P u b lic A ffairs C o n feren ce. “ T h re e or fou r m o n th s ago, I ’d have said th e c h a n c e s w ere very good , b u t n o w it lo o k s pretty bad for a co m p reh en siv e program th is y e a r,” said R ep resen ta tiv e R a n g el, ch a irm a n o f th e H ou se W ays and M ean s h e a lth su b co m m ittee. He in tro d u ced P resid en t C arter’s h e a lth in su ra n ce p ro p o sal in the H ou se, alth o u g h h e le an s tow ard a m ore co m p reh en siv e re stru ctu rin g o f th e h e a lth ca re d eliv ery sy stem . D uring th e A D A -A D PA C m eetin g , m ore th an 2 0 0 d en ta l PAC lead ers b eg an m ap p in g strategy for th e fa ll e le c tio n s . (4 -7 ) ■ A CONTROVERSIAL GUIDEBOOK LISTING THE NATION’S BEST DENTISTS w o n ’t be p u b lish ed . A C a lifo rn ia firm w h ic h la s t year so licite d $ 1 8 ad v an ce o rd ers fo r th e co n su m er g uide to T h e B est D en tists in A m e r ic a w en t ou t o f b u sin ess w ith o u t p u b lish in g the b ook. M r. B u rto n M arks, atto rn ey for R ev ea l P u b lic a tio n s, said the co m p an y fo ld ed sev eral m o n th s ago an d d en tists w ho sen t in m o n ey for th e b o o k sh o u ld hav e re ceiv ed refu n d s. A n in q u iry last sp rin g ra ised q u estio n s as to th e m eth o d s by w h ic h th e firm w o u ld se le c t th e n a tio n ’s 1 0 ,0 0 0 b est d en tists. (4-14)
T he num ber in parentheses at the end o f each item indicates the date of issue of the ADA NEWS in w hich more extensive coverage is presented.
986 ■ JADA, Vol. 100, June 1980
■ IMPROVEMENTS IN DENTAL STUDENT AID SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY in an y ren ew a l o f h e a lth m an p o w er law , th e A D A te stifie d at a C o n g ressio n a l h ea rin g . T h e A s so c ia tio n sp o k esm a n , D ean D ale F . R o e ck o f T e m p le U n iv ersity d en tal sc h o o l, said th a t “ su ch a program sh o u ld b e re sp o n siv e to th e n eed s o f th e stu d en t w h ile in sc h o o l rath er th an b ased on a p e rce p tio n o f in c o m e ea rn ed in later p ro fessio n a l lif e .” (4-7)
States ■ AN FTC JUDGE HAS ORDERED DISBANDMENT OF AN INDIANA DENTAL GROUP, ca llin g it a “ fro n t” for d en tists ille g a lly c o n sp irin g to b o y co tt d en tal in su ra n ce co m p a n ies. A d m in istra tiv e Law Jud ge P au l T e eto r said the In d ian a F e d e ra tio n o f D en tists w as form ed in th e gu ise o f a lab or o rg a n iz a tio n in 1 9 7 6 in ord er to co o rd in ate d e n tist refu sals to su b m it d en tal X rays to in su ra n c e co m p a n ies for p re d ete rm in atio n o f b en e fits. A c co rd in g to the d e c isio n , th e co o rd in a ted re fu sa ls co n stitu te d a “b o y c o tt” o f in su rers, a v io la tio n o f b o th th e S h e rm a n A c t an d th e F ed era l T ra d e C o m m issio n A ct. A sp o k esm an for th e fed eratio n said th e ju d g e ’s c o n c lu sio n s did n o t take in to co n sid era tio n th e fa cts o f th e ca se and th at th e d e c isio n w o u ld b e ap p ealed to th e fiv e-m em b er trade co m m issio n . (4 - 2 1 ) ■ AN ANTITRUST LAWSUIT IN ARIZONA HAS BEEN CRITICIZED by the president of the Arizona State Dental Association, Dr. Art Dalpiaz. He branded as “false and disparaging to the profession” the alle gations of the suit which accused the Arizona State B oard of Dental Examiners with constitutional and antitrust violations. Among the allegations is conspiracy to prevent qualified dentists from practicing dentistry. At issue is board authorization allowing certain provisionally licensed dentists to perform charity dental care. Dr. Dalpiaz said that “according to one of the plaintiffs, the real purpose of the suit is to ‘force the state dental examiners to accept reciprocity.’ ” (4 -1 4 ) ■ A DENTIST-REFERRAL SERVICE THAT WANTS TO EXPAND NATIONWIDE o p en ed for b u sin e s s w ith a d v ertisem en ts in m ajo r C h icag o p u b lica tio n s. H ow ever, A m erican s for C aring D en tistry alm ost im m ed ia tely w as en v elo p ed in co n tro v ersy b eca u se o f c o n flic tin g in fo rm a tio n ab o u t its n atu re and serv ices. T h e se rv ice is e ss e n tia lly a o n e-m an o rg a n iz a tio n o p eratin g out o f an o ffice in a w estern C h ica g o su burb. (4 - 14 )
A ssociation ■ DENTISTS AND BASEBALL STARS HAVE TEAMED UP IN AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM d esig n e d to m o tiv ate m ore fa m ilie s to s e e k d en ta l care. M ajor lea g u e b a s e b a ll’s m ark etin g firm , re p rese n tin g th e 26 m a jo r leag u e team s, co n ta cted th e A sso cia tio n to esta b lish a jo in t H onorary A ll-S ta r Batboy/Batgirl F u n sta k es— a sw eep stak es co m p e titio n for ch ild re n ages 8 to 1 3. T w o w in n ers w ill b e se le c te d in a ran d o m draw ing o f e n trie s to re c e iv e a fou r-d ay, a ll-ex p en se s-p a id trip to Los A n g e le s w h ere th e y w ill serve as h o n orary batboy/batgirl fo r th e A m e rica n and N atio n al L eag u es d urin g th e A ll-S ta r G am e Ju ly 8. T h e sw eep stak es en try form s w ill b e a v a ila b le o n ly in d en tal o ffices w h ere c h ild re n v isitin g th e o ffice w ill re ce iv e an A D A /M ajor L e a g u e B a s e b a ll 1980 Y o u th S c o r e b o o k . (4-28) ■ ADA AND FTC OFFICIALS CONFERRED ON INVESTIGATIONS AND RULEMAKING PROPOSALS in the d en tal field . A t a W a sh in g to n m e etin g , A D A re p rese n ta tiv e s— P resid en t I. L a w ren ce K err, P resid en tE le c t Jo h n J. H o u lih an , an d E x e cu tiv e D irecto r Jo h n M . C oady— m et w ith M r. A1 K ram er, c h ie f o f the F T C B u reau o f C o n su m er P ro te ctio n , an d M r. H arriso n S h ep p ard , a ssista n t d ire cto r o f th e F T C ’s Sa n F ra n c isc o re g io n a l o ffice. T o p ic s d iscu sse d in c lu d e d th e F T C in v e stig a tio n s in to sta te statutory re strictio n on o w n ersh ip o f d en tal p ra c tice s, th e u se an d d u ties o f d en tal a u x ilia rie s , in d e p en d e n t p ra c tice b y d en tal h y g ie n ists, and d en tu rism . (4-14) ■ A MOVE BY A MEDICAL ACCREDITING AGENCY INTO DENTISTRY IS BEING OPPOSED by th e AD A
and the Commission on Accreditation. At its spring session, the ADA Board of Trustees approved a resolution supporting the Commission, which is contesting a move by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) to expand its authority to dental assisting and dental laboratory technology education programs. The Commission is the only agency recognized by the US Office of Education for accrediting dental auxiliary education programs. (4-14) JADA, Vol. 100, June 1980 > 987
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N ational ■ THE GAO HAS URGED THAT AUXILIARIES BE ALLOWED TO RESTORE TEETH, and its rep o rt has d raw n stron g AD A d issen t. T h e G en eral A cco u n tin g O ffice, an arm o f C on gress, reco m m en d ed th e re p ea l o f state law s b arrin g u se o f ex p an d ed fu n c tio n d en tal a u x ilia rie s (EFD A s) to “fill te e th ” and u rged th e W h ite H ou se O ffice of M an ag em en t and B u d g et to req u ire th e u se o f E FD A s in fed eral d en tal ca re program s. In its co m m en ts, th e A D A said th a t “ su ch a re co m m en d a tio n w o u ld im p a ir th e s ta te ’s o b lig a tio n to its c itiz e n s to in su re q u ality d en tal ca re and serv e as an u n w arran ted fed eral in tru sio n in to an area o f tra d itio n a l sta te s’ r ig h ts .” (4 -2 1 ) ■ STRIKING OIL REFINERY WORKERS HAVE WON NEW DENTAL BENEFITS in co n tra ct ag reem en ts w ith sev eral m ajo r co m p an ies. H ealth care b en e fits h ad b e e n a stu m b lin g b lo c k in n eg o tia tio n s d uring th e th ree-m o n th strike. T h e O il, C h e m ica l, and A to m ic W orkers U n io n (OCAW ) h as re a ch e d s e t tle m e n ts w ith sev eral of the co m p a n ies; o th er firm s n o t a sso cia te d w ith O C A W also h av e a n n o u n ced d en tal p lan s. (4-28) ■ A SENATE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER MILITARY PAY LEGISLATION th at has sp arked co n tro v ersy in th e H ou se b eca u se o f p ro v isio n s co v erin g m ilita ry d en tists. L e g isla tio n to re p la ce a m ilita ry pay b ill v eto ed M arch 11 by P resid en t C arter as b ein g “ in fla tio n a ry ” h as b ee n approved by th e ap p rop riate H ou se p a n e ls and is ex p e cted to go to th e H ouse flo o r soon . T h e H ou se b ill w ou ld m ake the “ co n tin u a tio n p a y ” for d en tal o fficers a p erm an en t e n title m e n t ra th er th a n an elem e n t o f c o m p e n sa tio n th a t co u ld be en d ed at any tim e. (4 -2 1 ) ■ PASSAGE OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE IS DOUBTFUL THIS YEAR, R ep . C harles R an gel (D -N Y), a k ey sp o n so r o f NHI le g isla tio n , told th e A D A -A D PA C P u b lic A ffairs C o n feren ce. “ T h re e or fou r m o n th s ago, I ’d have said th e c h a n c e s w ere very good , b u t n o w it lo o k s pretty bad for a co m p reh en siv e program th is y e a r,” said R ep resen ta tiv e R a n g el, ch a irm a n o f th e H ou se W ays and M ean s h e a lth su b co m m ittee. He in tro d u ced P resid en t C arter’s h e a lth in su ra n ce p ro p o sal in the H ou se, alth o u g h h e le an s tow ard a m ore co m p reh en siv e re stru ctu rin g o f th e h e a lth ca re d eliv ery sy stem . D uring th e A D A -A D PA C m eetin g , m ore th an 2 0 0 d en ta l PAC lead ers b eg an m ap p in g strategy for th e fa ll e le c tio n s . (4 -7 ) ■ A CONTROVERSIAL GUIDEBOOK LISTING THE NATION’S BEST DENTISTS w o n ’t be p u b lish ed . A C a lifo rn ia firm w h ic h la s t year so licite d $ 1 8 ad v an ce o rd ers fo r th e co n su m er g uide to T h e B est D en tists in A m e r ic a w en t ou t o f b u sin ess w ith o u t p u b lish in g the b ook. M r. B u rto n M arks, atto rn ey for R ev ea l P u b lic a tio n s, said the co m p an y fo ld ed sev eral m o n th s ago an d d en tists w ho sen t in m o n ey for th e b o o k sh o u ld hav e re ceiv ed refu n d s. A n in q u iry last sp rin g ra ised q u estio n s as to th e m eth o d s by w h ic h th e firm w o u ld se le c t th e n a tio n ’s 1 0 ,0 0 0 b est d en tists. (4-14)
T he num ber in parentheses at the end o f each item indicates the date of issue of the ADA NEWS in w hich more extensive coverage is presented.
986 ■ JADA, Vol. 100, June 1980
■ IMPROVEMENTS IN DENTAL STUDENT AID SHOULD BE A HIGH PRIORITY in an y ren ew a l o f h e a lth m an p o w er law , th e A D A te stifie d at a C o n g ressio n a l h ea rin g . T h e A s so c ia tio n sp o k esm a n , D ean D ale F . R o e ck o f T e m p le U n iv ersity d en tal sc h o o l, said th a t “ su ch a program sh o u ld b e re sp o n siv e to th e n eed s o f th e stu d en t w h ile in sc h o o l rath er th an b ased on a p e rce p tio n o f in c o m e ea rn ed in later p ro fessio n a l lif e .” (4-7)
States ■ AN FTC JUDGE HAS ORDERED DISBANDMENT OF AN INDIANA DENTAL GROUP, ca llin g it a “ fro n t” for d en tists ille g a lly c o n sp irin g to b o y co tt d en tal in su ra n ce co m p a n ies. A d m in istra tiv e Law Jud ge P au l T e eto r said the In d ian a F e d e ra tio n o f D en tists w as form ed in th e gu ise o f a lab or o rg a n iz a tio n in 1 9 7 6 in ord er to co o rd in ate d e n tist refu sals to su b m it d en tal X rays to in su ra n c e co m p a n ies for p re d ete rm in atio n o f b en e fits. A c co rd in g to the d e c isio n , th e co o rd in a ted re fu sa ls co n stitu te d a “b o y c o tt” o f in su rers, a v io la tio n o f b o th th e S h e rm a n A c t an d th e F ed era l T ra d e C o m m issio n A ct. A sp o k esm an for th e fed eratio n said th e ju d g e ’s c o n c lu sio n s did n o t take in to co n sid era tio n th e fa cts o f th e ca se and th at th e d e c isio n w o u ld b e ap p ealed to th e fiv e-m em b er trade co m m issio n . (4 - 2 1 ) ■ AN ANTITRUST LAWSUIT IN ARIZONA HAS BEEN CRITICIZED by the president of the Arizona State Dental Association, Dr. Art Dalpiaz. He branded as “false and disparaging to the profession” the alle gations of the suit which accused the Arizona State B oard of Dental Examiners with constitutional and antitrust violations. Among the allegations is conspiracy to prevent qualified dentists from practicing dentistry. At issue is board authorization allowing certain provisionally licensed dentists to perform charity dental care. Dr. Dalpiaz said that “according to one of the plaintiffs, the real purpose of the suit is to ‘force the state dental examiners to accept reciprocity.’ ” (4 -1 4 ) ■ A DENTIST-REFERRAL SERVICE THAT WANTS TO EXPAND NATIONWIDE o p en ed for b u sin e s s w ith a d v ertisem en ts in m ajo r C h icag o p u b lica tio n s. H ow ever, A m erican s for C aring D en tistry alm ost im m ed ia tely w as en v elo p ed in co n tro v ersy b eca u se o f c o n flic tin g in fo rm a tio n ab o u t its n atu re and serv ices. T h e se rv ice is e ss e n tia lly a o n e-m an o rg a n iz a tio n o p eratin g out o f an o ffice in a w estern C h ica g o su burb. (4 - 14 )
A ssociation ■ DENTISTS AND BASEBALL STARS HAVE TEAMED UP IN AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM d esig n e d to m o tiv ate m ore fa m ilie s to s e e k d en ta l care. M ajor lea g u e b a s e b a ll’s m ark etin g firm , re p rese n tin g th e 26 m a jo r leag u e team s, co n ta cted th e A sso cia tio n to esta b lish a jo in t H onorary A ll-S ta r Batboy/Batgirl F u n sta k es— a sw eep stak es co m p e titio n for ch ild re n ages 8 to 1 3. T w o w in n ers w ill b e se le c te d in a ran d o m draw ing o f e n trie s to re c e iv e a fou r-d ay, a ll-ex p en se s-p a id trip to Los A n g e le s w h ere th e y w ill serve as h o n orary batboy/batgirl fo r th e A m e rica n and N atio n al L eag u es d urin g th e A ll-S ta r G am e Ju ly 8. T h e sw eep stak es en try form s w ill b e a v a ila b le o n ly in d en tal o ffices w h ere c h ild re n v isitin g th e o ffice w ill re ce iv e an A D A /M ajor L e a g u e B a s e b a ll 1980 Y o u th S c o r e b o o k . (4-28) ■ ADA AND FTC OFFICIALS CONFERRED ON INVESTIGATIONS AND RULEMAKING PROPOSALS in the d en tal field . A t a W a sh in g to n m e etin g , A D A re p rese n ta tiv e s— P resid en t I. L a w ren ce K err, P resid en tE le c t Jo h n J. H o u lih an , an d E x e cu tiv e D irecto r Jo h n M . C oady— m et w ith M r. A1 K ram er, c h ie f o f the F T C B u reau o f C o n su m er P ro te ctio n , an d M r. H arriso n S h ep p ard , a ssista n t d ire cto r o f th e F T C ’s Sa n F ra n c isc o re g io n a l o ffice. T o p ic s d iscu sse d in c lu d e d th e F T C in v e stig a tio n s in to sta te statutory re strictio n on o w n ersh ip o f d en tal p ra c tice s, th e u se an d d u ties o f d en tal a u x ilia rie s , in d e p en d e n t p ra c tice b y d en tal h y g ie n ists, and d en tu rism . (4-14) ■ A MOVE BY A MEDICAL ACCREDITING AGENCY INTO DENTISTRY IS BEING OPPOSED by th e AD A
and the Commission on Accreditation. At its spring session, the ADA Board of Trustees approved a resolution supporting the Commission, which is contesting a move by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) to expand its authority to dental assisting and dental laboratory technology education programs. The Commission is the only agency recognized by the US Office of Education for accrediting dental auxiliary education programs. (4-14) JADA, Vol. 100, June 1980 > 987