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GDA ACTION (ISSN 0273-5989) The official publication ofthe Georgia Dental Association (GDA) is published monthly.POSTMASTER: Send address changes to GDA Action at7000 Peachtree Dunwoody Road N.E., Suite 200,Building 17, Atlanta, GA 30328. Phone numbers in state are(404) 636-7553 and (800) 432-4357. www.gadental.org.

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Dr. David Bradberry Delaine HallGDA Editor GDA Managing Editor1070 Woodlawn Dr NE 7000 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd NESuite 250 Suite 200, Building 17Marietta, GA 30068 Atlanta, GA 30328

2012-13 Georgia Dental Association OfficersSidney R. Tourial, DDS, PresidentMarshall H. Mann, DDS, President ElectDouglas B. Torbush, DDS, Vice PresidentJames B. Hall III, DDS, Secretary / TreasurerR. David Bradberry, DMD, Editor

GDA/GDIS Executive Office Staff Members

Martha S. Phillips, Executive Director

Nelda Greene, MBA, Associate Executive Director

Delaine Hall, Director of Communications

Skip Jones, Director of Marketing (GDIS)

Courtney Layfield, Director of Member Services

Victoria LeMaire, Medical Accounts Manager

Judy Lively, Administrative Assistant (PT)

Melana Kopman McClatchey, General Counsel

Denis Mucha, Director of Operations (GDIS)

Margo Null, Property and Casualty Accounts Manager

Meg Robinson, Director of Governmental Affairs

Patrice Williams, Administrative Assistant

Phyllis Willich, Administrative Assistant

Pamela Yungk, Director of Membership & Finance

GDA Action seeks to be an issues-driven journal focusing on current mattersaffecting Georgia dentists, patients, and their treatment, accomplished throughdisseminating information and providing a forum for member commentary.

© Copyright 2013 by the Georgia Dental Association. All rights reserved. No partof this publication may be reproduced without written permission. Publicationof any article or advertisement should not be deemed an endorsement of theopinions expressed or products advertised. The Association expressly reservesthe right to refuse publication of any article, photograph, or advertisement.

11 Dentists Make Big Decisions

During House of Delegates

14 New Web Site Offers Improved

Functionality, Sleek Design

22 Make GDA Annual Meeting

Room Reservations for July

4 Parting Shots

5 Editorial

6 News and Views

10 Calendar of Events

23 Classifieds

The Patient Protection and AffordableCare Act (ACA) was signed into law onMarch 23, 2010, and since that time manyelements of the legislation have beenimplemented. You may not know thatbroad and far-reaching changes will bemade when the ACA is fully implemented.More “little known regulations” arebecoming a part of our lives. Read aboutthe implications for dentists as oral healthcare providers, small business owners, andconsumers of health care on page 18.

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Ah, the Affordable Care Act—to give the legislationits proper name, “The Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act of 2010.” Doesn’t thatname inspire you to dream of a utopia wherethere is all care for all people at all times?What is in a name anyway? The affordable inaffordable care must be readily apparent. Andwe must be protecting patients from somethingsignificant. Let’s take a closer look and see ifthe legislation lives up to its name.

The law was intended to provide healthinsurance coverage to millions of uninsuredpersons. To provide coverage to millions ofindividuals requires billions of dollars. Wherewill that money come from? From us, for starters.You and me. Health care professionals.

You may have noticed recent media coverageabout a “medical device tax.” We await specificregulations from the Internal Revenue Service,which is presumably still raking through theACA’s 2,000+ pages to plot out the full implications,but basically many appliances you prescribe inyour practice will have an additional 2.35% taxapplied to them somewhere from constructionto delivery. The current thinking is that dentallaboratories and supply houses will have todeal directly with the tax, not us. Except yourcost will likely go up for those appliances, andthe cost to your patients may increase as well.The excise tax is only the top of the heap.

Did you know that starting this year theACA caps the amount that can be contributedinto a Flexible Spending Account for health careexpenditures to $2,500 per year? Individualstypically use their FSAs to purchase items thatqualify as medical expenses such as medications,glasses, and dental devices. So we have the potentialto pay higher prices for dental devices andthen have the joy of prescribing them forpatients who have less money to pay for them.

We will also see an increase in Medicaretaxes this year. For families who make morethan $250,000 per year (or individuals who makemore than $200,000), the tax will increasefrom 1.45 percent to 2.35 percent. And there is

one other Medicare tax increase—a 3.8% tapon high income earners (defined as Adjusted GrossIncome over $200,000; $250,000 for families)on all unearned income such as interest income,dividends, rents, and royalties.

Those are just a few of the “revenue generating”provisions in this “affordable care act.” Now letme get back to the “protecting patient” part.

The ACA mandates that states set up andrun health insurance exchanges by October 2013.States that don’t set up an exchange (Georgiahas so far declined to do so) will have an exchangeset up for them by the federal government. Everyperson, with some exceptions, will be requiredto obtain insurance coverage through either theiremployer or a state health exchange or pay a fine.

Georgia is far from alone in declining toset up an exchange by the way. As of January,18 states and the District of Columbia hadreceived conditional approval from the feds fortheir exchange. Seven states are planning topursue a state / federal exchange partnership.The other states—that’s 25—will default to thefederally facilitated exchange. Do you thinkthe feds are fiscally and administratively readyto shoulder that sort of burden?

Who wants to bet me some of the money wewill save in the affordable end of this legislationthat the exchanges will be required to meetminimum numbers of provider levels and alsomeet “performance quality measures?” Do youwant your reimbursements and procedures to bedefined by a committee comprised of non-dentists?(That is, once the federal government decides whatsort of dental coverage the exchanges mustoffer, if any, and to whom.) If you restore toomany teeth with alloys or composites ultimatelybecome crowns, and some non-dentist decides yourrate of conversion is “too high,” then performancequality measures may dictate that you shouldbe reimbursed less.

The Affordable Care Act:Is it Affordable for All?

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R. David Bradberry, DMD

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Are you receiving the legislative emailsthat the GDA sends regularly during thesession? If you are not, you are missingout on the inside information that only thoseGDA leaders involved on a day-to-daybasis at the State Capitol can provide.Don’t miss your chance to get informationyou cannot receive anywhere else! Submityour email address to [email protected] the subject line “Legislative Email.”

The state legislature “opened for business”on January 14, a date also proclaimed asDental Health Day by Governor NathanDeal. In honor of this day, GDA and Alliancevolunteers and GDA staff members dis-tributed dental kits to each legislator andlegislative staffer at the Capitol. All the kitvolunteers then gathered on the Capitolsteps for a photo with newly-elected StateRepresentative Lee Hawkins. Dr. Hawkinsis a GDA Past President. Kudos toeveryone who visited the Capitol to helphand out kits and participate in this time-honored tradition:

GDA and Alliance MembersDr. Sarabess BaumrindDr. Jack BickfordMrs. Molly BickfordDr. Janine BetheaDr. Donnie BrownMrs. Fran BrownMrs. Cindy JerniganMrs. Janelle KauffmanDr. Robin ReichMr. Stephen ReichDr. Richard SugarmanDr. Doug TorbushMrs. Debbie TorbushDr. Sidney TourialMrs. Susan TourialDr. Mike VernonDr. Richard Weinman

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DENTAL KITSVolunteers

GDA President Dr. Sidney Tourial joins Representative Dr. Lee Hawkins and the2013 dental kit volunteers on the Capitol steps on January 14.Volunteers distributed 950 dental kits to legislators and legislative staff.These kits are highly sought after and are a great way for the GDA to promoteour oral health message with state decision makers.

Joining Rep. Lee Hawkins and Rep. Trey Kelley on the speakers’ podium in the Houseof Representatives are (l to r) Drs. Mike Vernon, Donnie Brown, Sarabess Baumrind,Jack Bickford, Sidney Tourial, Doug Torbush, and Richard Weinman.

The session had yet to start on January 14, but GDA Executive DirectorMartha Phillips (r) was hard at work talking to legislators whilecoordinating the dental kit distribution.


GDA Staff MembersMartha PhillipsNelda GreeneDelaine HallSkip JonesCourtney LayfieldMelana McClatcheyMeg RobinsonPam Yungk

The Leadership GDA Class of 2013 hasbeen selected! Kudos to:

Dr. Henry Benson Jr. (Northern)Dr. Benjamin Blackburn III (Northern)Dr. William Campbell Jr. (Western)Dr. Gregory Clepper (Eastern)Dr. John Crumpton (Eastern)Dr. Cameron Garvin (Central)Dr. James Granade III (Northern)Dr. Erica Greene (Southwestern)Dr. Janet Kearns (Northern)Dr. Linda King Kohl (Northern)Dr. Alex Patrick (Northwestern)Dr. Yadira Cardona-Rohena (Northern)Dr. Aaron Schwartz (Northwestern)Dr. Mark Zwickey (Western)

The doctors selected for LeadershipGDA were invited to share a dinner inJanuary with the GDA Holding Company,Georgia Dental Insurance Services, and GeorgiaDental Health Foundation boards; attendthe January 12 Board of Trustees meeting;and attend the January 13 House of Delegates.The Leadership GDA participants havealso been invited to the February 13LAW Day.

President Mike Vernon establishedLeadership GDA in 2011 as a way to helpdentists learn more about the workingsof the GDA and be prepared to guideothers who want to become involved. Theprogram is meant to identify dentists whoseek to be in leadership positions and givethem the opportunity to grow and havetheir questions answered.

Dr. Mac Whitesides is the newchairman of the Leadership GDA program,and he looks forward to shepherding thisclass to new heights of involvement.Meanwhile, Dr. Bruce Camp, chair of theLeadership GDA program during its firstyear, congratulates LG alumni Dr. EvisBabo, who was voted in January 2013 as amember of the ADA Delegation; Dr. CaraDeLeon, who was part of the task forcethat helped create the new GDA website; Dr. Mac Whitesides, who now chairsLeadership GDA; Dr. Ryan Vaughn, whoas part of the Council on Dental Health

is spearheading a Northern District Give KidsA Smile Day event; and the other alumniwho are busy making a difference!

The board of the American DentalAssociation Political Action Committee(ADPAC) met in January at the GDAoffice in Atlanta. President Dr. SidneyTourial and Executive Director MarthaPhillips welcomed the group to theAssociation offices the morning of Friday,January 25.

ADPAC co-chair Dr. Gordon Isbell ofAlabama opened the meeting by compli-menting the GDA on the outstanding leg-islative advocacy efforts that membersmake during the year. He noted that theGDA was not only a leader in makingfinancial PAC donations, but in taking thelead on issues important to dentistry.

The ADPAC board first met outsideof Washington, DC, in 2012, when thegroup convened in California. The boardselected Atlanta as a meeting city in part asa nod to the success the GDA has had interms of dental advocacy.


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(L to r) Members of the Leadership GDA Class of 2013 attending the House of Delegates in January included Drs. Janet Kearns,Cameron Garvin, Benjamin Blackburn, Gregory Clepper, Yadira Cardona-Rohena, Linda King Kohl, Alex Patrick, James Granade,Aaron Schwartz, and Henry Benson. Leadership GDA Program Chair Dr. Mac Whitesides is third from right.

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Through the financial contributions ofmember dentists, ADPAC works to electcongressional candidates who understandthe importance of dentistry and the linkbetween oral health and overall health.Regardless of party affiliation, ADPACsupports candidates who will be strongadvocates for dentists and the patients theyserve. You may read more about ADPACat www.ada.org.

The GDA extends sympathy to the familyand colleagues of the following individuals.

Richard A. Dooley II, DDS, who diedJanuary 13, 2013, at the age of 84. Dr.Dooley was a member of the GDAthrough the Southeastern District. He wasa 1956 University of PennsylvaniaSchool of Dentistry graduate and ageneral dentist. He was an AmericanDental Association Life Member andHonorable Fellow of the Georgia DentalAssociation.

Allen Hy Rosenthal, DDS, who diedDecember 10, 2012, at the age of 66. Dr.Rosenthal was a member of the GDAthrough the Northern District. He was a1971 Emory University School ofDentistry graduate and a pediatric dentist.

John Robert Smith, DDS, who diedNovember 24, 2012, at the age of 76. Dr.Smith was a member of the GDA throughthe Western District. He was a 1960Emory University School of Dentistrygraduate and a general dentist. He was anAmerican Dental Association LifeMember and Honorable Fellow of theGeorgia Dental Association.

Carl L. Wilhelm, DDS, who diedDecember 28, 2012, at the age of 91. Dr.Wilhelm was a member of the GDAthrough the Central District. He was a1944 Marquette University School ofDentistry graduate and a general dentist.He was an American Dental AssociationLife Member.

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DENTISTSIn Memoriam

American Dental Association PoliticalAction Committee board co-chairs Dr.Loren Feldner (l) and Dr. Gordon Isbell(r) with GDA President Dr. SidneyTourial on the opening morning of thethree-day ADPAC board meeting held inJanuary. The board selected Atlanta asa meeting city in part as a nod to thesuccess the GDA has had in terms ofdental advocacy.



Lafayette W. Williams Jr., DDS, whodied January 12, 2013, at the age of 76. Dr.Williams was a member of the GDAthrough the Western District. He was a1968 Meharry Medical College graduateand a general dentist.

Jim Bob Williamson, DMD, who diedJanuary 9, 2013, at the age of 67. Dr.Williamson was a member of the GDAthrough the Northern District. He was a1970 University of Alabama School ofDentistry graduate and a general dentist.He was an American Dental AssociationLife Member and Honorable Fellow of theGeorgia Dental Association.

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MARCH 2013Fri, Mar 1: Dental Laboratory /Specialty Group Liaison Meetings,GDA Office.

Tues, Mar 5: Northern DistrictExecutive Committee Meeting, GDAOffice.

Wed, Mar 6: LAW Day, NorthernDistrict (Eastern / Central Branches).

Wed-Sat, Mar 6-9: American StudentDental Association Annual Session,Atlanta.

Wed, Mar 12: LAW Day, Northwestern District.

Wed, Mar 20: LAW Day, CentralDistrict.

Thur-Sat, Mar 21-23: Hinman DentalSociety Meeting, Atlanta.

Wed, Mar 27: LAW Day, Eastern District.

Fri, Mar 29: GDA Office Closed Half Day for Good Friday.

APRIL 2013Fri-Sat, Apr 5-6: ADA Conference onRecruitment & Retention, Chicago.

Sat, Apr 6: GDA Board of TrusteesMeeting, GDA Office.

Wed, Apr 17: Northern District CE,Villa Christina, Atlanta.

Fri-Sat, Apr 19-20: GDA Presidents-Elect Conference.

Wed, Apr 24: Transition Day forSeniors, College of Dental Medicine,Augusta.

MAY 2013Fri, May 3: GDA Officer Visit toSoutheastern District MembershipMeeting, Savannah.

Mon, May 6: Northern DistrictExecutive Committee Meeting, GDA Office.

Thu, May 9: Central District ExecutiveCouncil Meeting, Macon.

Mon-Wed, May 13-15: ADAWashington Leadership Conference, DC.

Sat, May 18: Special Smiles DentalScreenings, Emory Campus.

Mon, May 27: GDA Office Closed for Memorial Day Holiday.

Fri, May 31: GDA Finance CommitteeMeeting, GDA Office.

JUNE 2013Thurs-Sun, June 13-16: GeorgiaMission of Mercy, North Atlanta Trade Center, Norcross.

Fri, June 21: LEAP Ethics Course,GDA Office.

Sat, June 22: GDA Board of TrusteesMeeting, GDA Office.

Sat, June 22: Emile T. FisherFoundation for Dental EducationBoard Meeting, GDA Office.

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More than 130 delegates, alternate dele-gates, and guests took part in the GDAHouse of Delegates on Sunday, January13, in Atlanta. Thanks to these volunteerswho attended district caucus meetingsstarting at 7 a.m. and then took part in theHouse of Delegates.

Among the topics discussed were therecent Georgia dental workforce censusand study; state officer, ADA Delegation,and Board of Trustees candidates; theGeorgia Mission of Mercy; new GDAHonorable Fellows; and the 2013 statelegislative session. Guest speakers includ-ed Board of Dentistry President Dr. BarryStacey, College of Dental Medicine DeanDr. Connie Drisko, and Emile T. FisherFoundation for Dental EducationPresident Mr. Dale Crail.

This article touches on some of the keyevents of the House of Delegates meeting.Full minutes of the meeting are posted onthe GDA web site www.gadental.org forreview (member log in is required).

President Tourial Offers State of the GDA AddressPresident Dr. Sidney Tourial opened themeeting by highlighting GDA activitiesover the past six months. He noted that therecent census conducted of the state’sdental workforce revealed thatGeorgia’s supply of dentists was suffi-cient to meet current dental demand.Dr. Tourial stated that the GDA fullyintended to use the census to direct con-tinued efforts to educate all Georgians onthe importance of oral health care andhelp ensure that dentists and their teamsare available to provide that care.

Dr. Tourial welcomed Meg Robinson,the new GDA Director of GovernmentalAffairs. She will work with ExecutiveDirector Martha Phillips during the statelegislative session and with GeneralCounsel Melana McClatchey as a staffattorney when the session is completed.He also encouraged dentists to volun-teer as Contact Dentists and to attenda GDA LAW Day, and noted the impor-tance and value of GDA advocacy effortswith legislators.

Dr. Tourial stated the dates andlocation for the 2013 Georgia Missionof Mercy, June 13-16 at the North AtlantaTrade Center in Gwinnett County, andencouraged dentists to visit www.geor-giamissionofmercy.org to volunteer to pro-vide care. Volunteer registration openedFebruary 1. The GMOM event in 2011benefitted from the volunteer services of346 dentists, and that many dentists andmore will be needed to provide care in 2013.

Executive Director Phillips Talks AdvocacyExecutive Director Martha Phillips dis-cussed issues related to GDA legislativeactivity and advocacy, and noted trendsin the areas of corporate dentistry,GDA membership, dentistry as a busi-ness, taxes, Georgia economic growth,and mid-level providers. She congratu-lated Dr. Donna Thomas Moses on herappointment to the Department ofCommunity Health Board and Dr. RandyDaniel on his appointment to the stateCommission on Mandated Benefits.(DCH oversees the state Medicaid andPeachCare for Kids plans, as well as theState Health Benefit Plan. TheCommission will advise the governor andlegislature on the social and financialimpact of current and proposed state man-dated insurance benefits.)

Mrs. Phillips discussed that dentalMedicaid provider fee cuts might beintroduced during the legislative ses-sion if the so-called “hospital bed tax”was not renewed, and encouraged den-tists to attend a LAW Day to speak out forthe dental Medicaid program. She alsotouched on the other legislative goals forthe GDA in 2013: creation of anautonomous Board of Dentistry, andestablishment of tax credits for dentistswho set up practice in underserved areasof the state.

GDA Honorable Fellows ElectedDr. Marvin Winter, chairman of theAwards Committee introduced a slateof candidates for GDA HonorableFellowship for House of Delegates

consideration. The candidates wereunanimously approved. Congratulationsto the Class of 2013 Fellows who will beformally recognized during the AnnualMeeting this summer:

Donald F. Brown, DDS (Northern)

Jay A. Harris, DMD (Western)

A. Stuart Loos, DDS (Northwestern)

Jay McCaslin VI, DMD (Southeastern)

John H. Muse, DDS (Northern)

Erik H. Wells, DMD (Eastern)

Michael M. Wright, DDS (Central)

Dentists Make Big Decisions During Winter House of Delegates Weekend

Georgia Dental Association PoliticalAction Committee Chairman Dr. RichardWeinman with Dr. Deena Smith. GADPACheld a prize drawing from the names ofall current PAC donors at the meetingand awarded $50 cash to Dr. Smith andDr. Victor van Greuningen.

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GDA Community ServiceHonorees ElectedDr. Marvin Winter also introduced twocandidates for the GDA CommunityService Award. The candidates wereunanimously approved. Congratulationsto these individuals who will be recognizedfor their significant charitable activities.

Richard G. Bennett, DMD (Northern)Nominated for his extensive work with theGood News Clinics / Green WarrenDental Clinic.

John D. Peacock, DDS (Northwestern)Nominated for his work with WoodstockFirst Baptist Church’s “LoveLoud” healthcare mission projects, Georgia BaptistMobile Health Ministry, and numerousoverseas mission trips.

Dentists Elected to Various Offices

GDA Vice President: The NominatingCommittee presented the name of Dr.Greg Goggans (Southwestern) for infor-mation only for the position of VicePresident. A formal vote for the office ofvice president will be held at the GDA

Business Meeting on July 26, 2013, inHilton Head, South Carolina during theAnnual Meeting.

ADA Delegation: The House elected Dr.Jack Bickford (Northwestern) to the posi-tion of At-Large Delegate; Dr. KaraMoore (Central) to a second term as aDelegate; Dr. Donna Thomas Moses(Northwestern) to a second term as a

Members of the Northern District delegation seated at the House of Delegates.

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Delegate; Dr. Jonathan Dubin (Northern)to a second term as an Alternate Delegate;and Dr. Ben Jernigan (Northern) asAlternate Delegate filling the unexpiredterm of Dr. Tom Field. The House alsoelected Dr. Evis Babo (Northern) to theposition of Alternate Delegate filling theunexpired term of Dr. Doug Torbush whohas moved into a GDA Officer Position asVice President. Dr. Julie Ann Routhier(Southeastern) was elected as a Delegate.Drs. Jernigan, Babo, and Routhier are newto the Delegation. Kudos to all new andreturning delegation members.

Board of Trustees: House members re-elected Dr. Robin Reich to the position ofNorthwestern District Trustee and electedDr. Jim Lopez as the Trustee for theWestern District. Each doctor will serve athree-year term as Trustee.

Dean Drisko Addresses House for Final TimeDr. Connie Drisko, Dean of the College ofDental Medicine at Georgia RegentsUniversity, addressed the House for thefinal time in her role as dean. Dr. Driskowill step down as dean in June 2013 after10 years in that role, although she willremain on the dental faculty at the school.She distributed a flyer informing Housemembers about the January 2013 changeof the university’s name from GeorgiaHealth Sciences University to GeorgiaRegents University.

Dr. Erik Wells, Dr. Annette Rainge, and Dr. Jim Reynierson of Eastern District listenduring a House of Delegates presentation.

More than 100 dentists participated in district caucus meetings and the House of Delegates on January 13.

Joining Dean Connie Drisko and Associate Dean Carole Hanes are College of DentalMedicine students (l to r, back row) Jason Strever, Ray Wallace, John Ensley, PatrickBarnes, and Ray Cornay and (l to r, front row) Molly Hawkins, Stephanie Silva,Bridget Lyons, Alena Reich, India Lamothe, and Amir Lamei. These students wererecognized at the House as recipients of scholarships from the Emile T. FisherFoundation for Dental Education in Georgia. The scholarships are funded from GDAdentist donations.



The GDA launched a newly revampedweb site at www.gadental.org in January.The brainchild of the Public RelationsCommittee’s Web Site Subcommittee, thesite features streamlined navigation, anenhanced find a GDA dentist searchfunction, and an eye-catching home page.

“We wanted to simplify the site, andmake it one that would entice membersand consumers to stay,” said Dr. ErikWells, co-chair of the Subcommittee andInformation Technology Liaison to thePublic Relations Committee. “Our sub-committee researched and visited the websites of every other state dental society,and many national dental organizations,and arrived at a wish list of functions thatwe wanted to see in our site.”

The Home Page: Splashy and FunctionalThe home page’s main attraction is therotating news header. Four large images,each linked to a pertinent page, rotate onthe home page automatically, or may beadvanced manually by a site visitor whopresses the arrow located on the header’sfar right. The images, which currentlyrelate to health care reform, dentalMedicaid, the Georgia Mission of Mercy,and LAW Day, will be changed regularly toreflect important issues.

“Having a header that was instantlyattractive and served as a way to bring peo-ple into the site was on our wish list aftervisiting so many sites,” said Dr. Wells. “Weare very happy with how Officite, the ven-dor we chose for the re-design, createdthis part of the site.”

The home page also pulls the top sto-ries from the GDA news blog and poststhem, keeping members up to date onGDA activities and events. Links areincluded in the posts to either take mem-bers to the full blog, or to relevant pageson the site. Green buttons across the topof the page, and all internal pages, featuredrop down menus when “rolled over” by amouse or clicked that allow dentists andconsumers to find information they needinside the site. A search field at the top ofthe page allows visitors to type in keywords to also easily locate informationthey need.

“We want visitors to especially notethe doctor who is pictured on the JoinGDA graphic on the right side of thepage,” said Dr. Wells. “The PublicRelations Committee decided to featuremembers of the Leadership GDA Class of2013 on the graphic. We started with Dr.Janet Kearns, and will add photos of otherparticipants as the year goes on.”

Find a Dentist Search FunctionThe ability to find a GDA member dentistwas a much-valued service on the previousGDA site, prized by consumers and den-tists. So, the Subcommittee sought to addthat functionality to the new site, but makesearching easier and more informative.

“The search function on the new siteallows visitors to find a dentist using astreet address or a partial street address,city, zip code, name, or specialty,” said Dr.Wells. “The search results revealed to aconsumer, or anyone on the site who is notlogged in as a member, will only show thename, office address, office phone num-ber, office fax number, and web site ofdentists in active practice. Once a dentistis logged in as a member, then the searchresults expand to list more lengthy contactinformation on all dentists. This is a goodway to provide appropriate informationabout dentists seeking patients to con-sumers, and more detailed information forcolleagues who are seeking out col-leagues.”

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One thing to note about the searchfunction: the search button at the end ofthe form does not become active until thedisclaimer box is checked. After the box ischecked, visitors may press the button andbegin a search.

“On the previous site, once the find adentist link was selected, the disclaimerappeared on a page of its own,” said Dr.Wells. “The user had to scroll to the bot-tom of the page, and click another buttonto find the search form. With this design,we still encourage access to the disclaimer,but make the process more streamlined.”

Navigation: About GDAThe About GDA navigation button at thetop left side of the GDA site contains linksto various parts of the web site. The AboutGDA Dentists link contains informationabout dental education, and why dentistsmay choose to join the GDA. The adver-tising and exhibits link is for businessesand organizations seeking informationabout advertising in the GDA journal orexhibiting at the GDA Annual Meeting.The Allied Organizations link talks aboutthe GDA Alliance, CORPS Program,Fisher Dental Education Foundation,

Georgia Dental Insurance Services, andthe GDA Foundation for Oral Health. Abrief look at the association’s formationmay be found at the Association Historylink, and a full listing of GDA staff mem-bers and emails may be found at ContactGDA. The Media Relations link encour-ages news outlets to contact the GDA fordental spokespersons. The Mission andVision page relays the association’s current

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mission and vision statements. TheMember Benefits page is a great pageto share with non-member dentists, as itlists several key tangible and intangiblebenefits GDA members enjoy.

Navigation: For MembersThe For Members green navigation buttoncontains links to information of interest forcurrent members. Typically, memberswould be prompted to log-in to access theinformation, which includes links to ADAnews, a GDA event calendar, current asso-ciation initiatives (such as monitoringhealth care reform), listings and contactinformation for GDA committees andleadership, Board of Trustees and Houseof Delegates minutes, the legislative advo-cacy center, answers to the most-frequent-ly-asked legal questions dentists have, reg-ulatory updates, and how to access helpwith third party issues. There is also a linkwhere dentists may access a digital archiveof the GDA Action journal.

To log into the GDA site, dentistsshould initially enter their nine-digit ADAnumber into the user name field, andmbrgda (entered in lower case) into thepassword field. After logging in, dentistsmay click the “Change Password” linklocated in the dark blue bar at the very topright side of the page to change their pass-word. Dentists who choose to change theirpasswords, but then forget how theychanged them, may utilize the “ForgetPassword?” link that may be found on thegreen member log-in graphic. Please notethat while the system will send your pass-word information to the email address youhave on file with the GDA, your particularsystem may see the password email asspam. Please check your spam folder forthe email, which should be delivered with-in minutes of your request.

Dentists should also note there is a“Logout” link located at the top right of thepage should you be on a computerwhere you need to protect the memberinformation on the screen, or remove theextended search results.

Navigation: GDA ServicesThe GDA Services navigation button linkssite visitors to GDA information availableto dentists, dental team members, and thewider community. Such informationincludes details about the GDA AnnualMeeting, continuing education require-ments and course listings, the DentalRecovery Network, GDA endorsed serviceproviders, the GDA Expanded Dutiestraining program for dental assistants,Georgia Dental Insurance Services, theGDA / ASDA mentor program, and theGDA Peer Review process, as well aslistings of GDA classified advertisements,and links to practice management and staffdevelopment resources. Some links mayrequire dentists to log in; others are openfor all visitors to view.

Navigation: DistrictsEach of the seven GDA districts has adedicated page on the new site. Currently,the district pages list district officers,district representatives on state com-mittees, and links to publications such asdistrict newsletters. The Public Relations

Committee will work with the districts toadd customized content to each district page.

Navigation: For PatientsConsumers are the target for this navigationbutton. Here, Georgians can find informa-tion about how to find a dental home,details on careers in dentistry (includinglinks to all state dental hygiene and dentalassisting programs), links to state andnational dental organizations, answers tofrequently asked questions on dentalbenefits, and answers to other consumer-oriented questions (for example, why won’tmy dentist just give me my dentalrecords?) Consumers will also find a link tothe GDA Find a Dentist search page.

Navigation: GDA CaresDentists are giving professionals. Fromproviding donated care within theiroffices, to volunteering in great numbersfor Give Kids a Smile Day projects and theGeorgia Mission of Mercy, Georgia den-tists provide hundreds of thousands of dol-lars in volunteer care annually. The linksunder the GDA Cares navigation button

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highlight the charitable activities Georgiadentists are involved with, and informsGDA dentists who want to becomeinvolved about pathways they can take.Look under this button for a listing of statecharitable clinics, information aboutDental Health Month and Give Kids aSmile Day, information about the FreeSchool Screening program, a link to theGeorgia Mission of Mercy web site, detailsabout the GDA nursing home educationprogram, guidance on how to take partin Special Olympics, Special Smilesdental screenings, and profiles aboutdental volunteers.

Online Payments:Improved FormsAs with the old site, the new site allowsdentists to securely renew their member-ship dues, and register for the GDAAnnual Meeting, online with a Visa orMasterCard. The GDA is utilizing a newservice that creates forms that are mucheasier for dentists to use. The flexibility ofthe forms service will allow the creation offorms for each type of renewing dentist,from full active paying member to newgraduate, and allow easier access to infor-mation by GDA staff.

Members, Go Visitwww.gadental.org!“We anticipate that dentist, dental team,and consumer use of the new web site willgrow as users see that the site can easilyprovide them with information they need,”said Dr. Wells. “We have big plans to growthe information available on the site as wework with other GDA committees andsubsidiaries to find out what they want topublicize. This site re-design, the firstsince 2007, will enable the Association toadd valuable information easily and conveythat information to members and allGeorgians with improved functionality andattractiveness.

“Thanks to the Web Site Subcommitteeof Dr. Wade Diab, Dr. Meighan Johnson,Dr. Cara DeLeon, Dr. Jim Hall, and Dr. RobinReich for their hard work in creating thisnew site,” continued Dr. Wells. “Now that thesite is active, all members are invited tovisit www.gadental.org, and provide yourfeedback on the site. Your ideas are respectedand requested. Send them to staff supportDelaine Hall at [email protected].”



The Patient Protection and AffordableCare Act (ACA) was signed into law onMarch 23, 2010, and since that time manyelements of the legislation have beenimplemented. You may not know thatbroad and far-reaching changes willbe made when the ACA is fully imple-mented. More “little known regulations”are becoming a part of our lives.

The ACA has implications for dentistsas oral health care providers, small busi-ness owners, and consumers of healthcare. Many of the regulations containedwithin the voluminous legislation have yetto be determined. However, there are sev-eral changes that are likely to occur.Specifically, there are changes intendedto increase access to dental coveragefor children who get health coverage inthe individual and small group healthinsurance markets, including those whowill be covered through the new healthinsurance exchanges. However, the ACAdoes not address coverage for adultdental benefits.

Potential Effects of theAffordable Care Act onDentistry

Dentists as HealthCare Consumers In the individual and small group marketinsurers cannot impose pre-existingcondition limitations, excessive waitingperiods, and co-payments or deductiblesfor defined preventive services. In addi-tion, plans are prohibited from rescindingcoverage and must also be guaranteedissue and provide for guaranteed renewa-bility. However, plans can use age, geo-graphic location, tobacco use, and familycomposition to calculate premiums.

Your medical plan is facing a new,$63-per-person annual fee to cushion theinitial cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions starting in 2014. TheObama administration says it is a tem-porary assessment levied for threeyears starting in 2014, designed toraise $25 billion. It starts at $63 per year

and then declines. Under the law, insur-ers will be forbidden from turningaway the sick as of January 1, 2014.

This fee is part of a bigger pack-age of taxes and fees to finance theexpansion of coverage to the unin-sured, which comes to about $700 bil-lion over 10 years, and includes high-er Medicare taxes effective January2013 on individuals making more than$200,000 per year or couples makingmore than $250,000. People abovethose threshold amounts also face anadditional 3.8 percent tax on theirinvestment income.

Medicaid ExpansionPrior to the Supreme Court’s decision lastsummer, the ACA would have increasedthe number of Medicaid-eligible adultswho received dental coverage. However,the Court ruled that the ACA provides forthe optional expansion of Medicaid tocover people with incomes below 133 per-cent (138 percent, net of income disre-gards) of the Federal Poverty Level. Thefederal government picks up 100 percentof the cost to cover this additional popula-tion for three years and 90 percent of thecost long term. At this time, Georgia’sGovernor Nathan Deal has no plans toexpand Medicaid in our state.

Health Care Delivery and Financing The ACA also provides for more effectiveintegration of patient care and coordinat-ing health care delivery and financingthrough Accountable Care Organizations(ACOs). To date these programs have beenprimarily for the Medicare population.ACOs create financial incentives for healthcare providers to work together to treat apatient across health care settings and toshift reimbursement from volume of serv-ices to health outcomes and quality.According to the American DentalAssociation, there are very few ACO-type models of care that include

dental services, except for a proposedMedicaid pilot program in Oregon.However, the ADA has taken the lead indeveloping the Dental Quality Alliance tomake sure that dentistry’s interests areadequately addressed.

Health Insurance Exchanges One of the key components of the ACA isthe health insurance exchanges, whichmust be in place in time to begin enrollingbeneficiaries by October 2013. Initially,the exchange will be available to indi-viduals and small businesses onlyallowing the purchasers to select fromvarious private health care plans.Under the ACA, people with incomesbetween 100-400 percent of the FederalPoverty Level are eligible to receive feder-ally subsidized coverage through theexchange. States may set up their ownexchange or utilize the Federalexchange, which is the option chosenby Georgia.

The individual mandate to obtainhealth insurance coverage was upheld bythe Supreme Court. Beginning in 2014, aminimum set of benefits known asEssential Health Benefits (EHBs) willbe available for those who buy coverage inthe individual and small group markets.The law includes pediatric dental carein a list of essential health benefits tobe provided by small and individual grouphealth plans, but dental care for adultsis not included in that essential bene-fit package.

Stand-alone dental plans mustoffer the pediatric essential oralhealth benefit without annual and life-time limits. Stand-alone dental plans willalso likely have to meet certain marketingrequirements, ensure a sufficient choice ofproviders, and perhaps meet performancequality measures. They may be required touse a single enrollment form and a stan-dard format for presenting health benefitsplan options.

Some analysts believe the lan-guage allowing stand-alone plans tocompete creates an unintended loop-

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hole that negates the clear mandatefor families with children to purchasethe EHB pediatric dental benefit inthe exchange if the children do nototherwise have dental coverage. Thisconclusion is based on the disconnectionbetween the “minimum essential cover-age” requirement placed on individuals(known as the “individual mandate”) andthe requirement placed on individual andsmall group plans (both inside and outsidethe exchange) to meet the “qualifiedhealth plan” (QHP) standard. To meet theindividual mandate requirement, the indi-vidual need only purchase minimumessential coverage, which as defined in theInternal Revenue Code does not includeexcepted benefits such as dental benefitplans. However, the QHP standardrequires all individual and small groupplans (both inside and outside theexchange) to offer the total EHB package,including the pediatric oral benefit. Theone exception is that medical plans inthe exchange do not have to offer theEHB pediatric oral benefit if a sepa-rate dental benefit plan option is

available, and the medical plan willstill be deemed a QHP. However, theNational Association of Dental Plansrecently stated that the U.S.Department of Health and HumanServices has indicated consumers whopurchase medical coverage throughan exchange will not be required tobuy pediatric dental coverage eitheras part of a medical plan or as a stand-alone benefit.

The ADA and the AAPD believethe clear intent of Congress is torequire the purchase of the entireEHB package, including the pediatricoral health benefit. The ADA and theAAPD sent a letter to Health and HumanServices strongly urging the agency todirect officials (federal or state) setting upan exchange to require families with chil-dren to verify that they have the children’sEHB dental coverage before they canfinalize the QHP purchase in theexchange.

The ADA estimates that 3 millionchildren will gain dental benefitsthrough the health insurance

exchanges by 2018, or roughly a fivepercent increase over the currentnumber of children with privatedental benefits.

Dentists As Employers The ACA does not require small busi-nesses with 50 or fewer employees toprovide health insurance. According tothe American Dental Association, morethan 99 percent of dental practices have 50or fewer employees. Small businessemployers who pay at least 50 percent ofthe premium for employee coverage mayqualify for a small business tax credit. Toqualify the employer must have fewer than25 full-time equivalent employees whose

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average annual wage does not exceed$50,000 per employee. The tax credits,which disappear after 2016, will be avail-able on a sliding scale to assist the pur-chase of health insurance.

Taxes and Limits onTax Preferred Accounts The ACA imposes a few new taxes to assistin financing the various programs withinhealth care reform. The tax receiving themost ink in the dental world is the medicaland dental devices tax that becameeffective on January 1, 2013. Whiledentists will not be responsible forassessing, collecting, or paying the tax,they can expect some modest increasein the cost of materials and finisheddental devices as manufacturersadjust their prices to accommodate

the tax. The ADA along with a coalition of11 organizations has worked diligently torepeal this tax but their efforts have beenunsuccessful so far. Be alert in reviewingmanufacturer and vendor price listsand invoices with respect to this tax.

Beginning January 1, 2013, therewill be an increase to the MedicarePart A (Hospital Insurance) tax rate by0.9 percent on individual taxpayersearning more than $200,000 andmarried couples filing jointly earningmore than $250,000. The tax rate is cur-rently 1.45 percent and will be increasedto 2.35 percent. The tax applies to wagesreceived with respect to employment.Additionally, if you have certain typesof investment or passive income, thisincome may be subject to a newMedicare Surtax of 3.8 percent if youhave modified adjusted gross incomethat exceeds $200,000 for single and$250,000 for joint filers. Investmentincome includes rents, dividends, interest,royalties, and capital gains on propertysales (with a partial exclusion for primaryresidence sales).

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)allow employees to set aside tax-freemoney to pay medical and dental bills.Starting in 2013, the FSA set-aside willbe limited to $2,500 a year andincreased annually by a cost-of-livingadjustment.

Public Health Infrastructure ACA provisions consistent with Associationpolicy include:

• Increased funding for public healthinfrastructure, including Centers forDisease Control and Prevention oralhealth programs and national oral healthsurveillance programs;

• Additional funding for school-basedhealth center facilities;

• Increased grant opportunities forgeneral, pediatric, or public healthdentists;

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• Funding for National Health ServiceCorps loan repayment programs;

• CDC initiation, in consultation with pro-fessional oral health organizations, of afive-year national public education cam-paign focused on oral health preventionand education.

Many of these new programs havenot been funded. The ACA also author-izes federal spending to support a statealternative provider demonstration proj-ect, which is inconsistent with Associationpolicy. Money has not been appropriat-ed by Congress to support the devel-opment of these alternative providerdemonstration projects.

The primary source for the informationcontained in this article is the AmericanDental Association. Member dentists mayread more extensive information about theACA on the ADA’s web site: www.ada.org.



DENTAL RELATEDSERVICES

Hands On Extraction Class: SaturdayAugust 31, 2013, Myrtle Beach, SouthCarolina. Eight hour AGD approved CEclass. Taught by Drs. Fletcher andMurph. Participates will learn aboutcrane picks, 301 elevators, extractiontechniques, elevating flaps, and sutur-ing. For more information call Dr.Murph at (843) 488-4357 or [email protected]. Also offer-ing 40 hour Hands on Classes inGuatemala.

DENTAL EQUIPMENTAVAILABLE

DENTAL EQUIPMENT FOR SALE:Planmeca EC Panoramic X-ray; 2 –Adec 5580 Rear Cabinets; AirTechVacstar 50 Evacuator system. Email forpricing & details to [email protected].

For Sale: Panoramic machine, PC-1000Panoramic Corporation and developer.Schick Intra Oral sensors with USB con-nectors (2/4) 3. Ader 3045 Perception Units(2). Apollo Suction 1.5 HP. Call (404)229-2998 or email: [email protected].

DENTISTS AVAILABLEFOR LOCUM TENENS

Dentist will fill in for illness, vacation,or continuing education. Licensed,insured, DEA #. Call (404) 786-0229 oremail [email protected].

Dentist Available Daily (DAD): Dentistavailable during vacations, emergencies,and CE courses. Leave your practice inwell-trained hands. I am licensed,insured, and have a DEA registrationnumber so I can write prescriptions. CallDr. Richard Patrick at (770) 993-8838.

DENTIST: Need Part Time Fill In?Vacation, Illness, Maternity? GENER-AL DENTIST SOLD LONG ESTAB-LISHED PRACTICE. GA & DEALICENSED. (Available Expanded AtlantaArea.) Cell: (404) 219-4097. Home:(404) 842-1196. Jesse Hader, DDS.

Dentist available daily for illness, CE,etc. to check hygiene and emergencies.Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, allof North Fulton, Cobb County. Reasonabledaily rate. Call PETE TRAGER (404)303-1204 or (404) 226-6457.

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classified ads

How GDA members canplace classified ads

AD FORM: Submit all ads on a GDA ClassifiedAdvertisement Form. To obtain a form,call Skip Jones at (800) 432-4357 or(404) 636-7553, or email [email protected].(Note: The GDA may accept or reject anyad for any reason and in its sole discretion.)

AD DEADLINE: Ads and ad check payments are due by thefirst of the month before the publicationmonth (i.e., Dec. 1 for January).

AD RATES: ADA member dentists pay $75.00 per60-word ad per month. There is a 25 centsper-word charge for each word over 60.Non-dentist-owned companies (real estatefirms, etc.) pay $195 per 60-word ad permonth (additional word charges as above).Non-member dentists may notplace ads.

LATE FEE:Ads for which full prepayment is notreceived by the first day of the ad’spublication month (i.e.; Nov. 1 for aNovember ad) will incur a $25 late fee inaddition to the ad rate.

FORMS OF PAYMENT: Submit a check or money order with the adform. (Make checks payable to GDA.)Credit cards are not accepted as payment.

WEB SITE PLACEMENT: Prepaid ads will appear on the GDA Website www.gadental.org for the month thead appears in print. Non-prepaid ads willNOT be placed online.



Dentist available during emergencies,vacation, CDE courses. I have a currentlicense, DEA certificate, and insurance.Contact me at (706) 291-2254 or cell (706)802-7760. I hope I can be of service to you.Patrick A. Parrino, DDS, MAGD.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Primary Healthcare Centers GeneralDentist Opportunity: DMD or DDS;Licensed in Georgia; Full time or parttime. Locations: Rossville, Trenton, Ringgold(Tiger Creek Elementary School). AboutPHC: PHC accepts privately insured,uninsured, and Medicaid patients. PHCis a non-profit federally qualified communityhealth center and is an approved NationalHealth Service Corps loan repaymentsite. Locations are Trenton andRossville, GA. PHC will be opening aSchool-Based Health Center, which willinclude dental services, in Ringgold, GAarea at Tiger Creek Elementary Schoolin early 2013. Looking for a generaldentist serving patients of all ages. Web site:primaryhealthcarecenter.org. Contact info:Please send Resume or CV to Erica [email protected],fax to (706) 866-5512 or call (423) 402-6694 with questions.

Pediatric Dentist needed for a NationalHealth Service Corps (NHSC) Sitefor a scholar HPSA Score 17; practicelocated in Greensboro, GA which providesfull-service pediatric dentistry includinghospital and sedation care. Full-timeemployment is available. Fax resumes to(404) 349-8459 or email resumes [email protected] additional information please contactJackie Williams at (404) 349-7777.

SAVANNAH: General dentist with acaring, patient focused approach to joinbusy practice. Associate and / or buy-inopportunities are available. Pleasecontact Nick Cease, (502) 254-8514,[email protected].

Savannah, Georgia: Take advantage ofthis awesome opportunity! Cutting edgedental practice in Coastal Georgia seekinghighly motivated dentist. Our dentistshave outstanding clinical skills and achair side manner that makes everypatient feel comfortable. Our dentistsare leaders in the office working todevelop and foster a team environmentso their practice can grow and mature,achieving financial success. Our operatingmodel provides you with great earningpotential. In addition, our office offersan outstanding opportunity for growthand the support to make it all happen.Minimum Education and Experience:*Must hold degree from accredited dentalschool. *General practice residencyexperience preferred but not required.*Experience with implant placement,surgical procedures, and / or endodonticprocedures strongly desired. *IV sedationcertification strongly desired.Contact:[email protected]. Please emailyour resume to the above address in .docor .pdf format.

Positions Open: We want you to join ourgrowing team and enjoy a large, built-inpatient referral base, clinical autonomy,advanced technology, a professional supportteam, paid time-off and competitive com-pensation. We even have signing bonusesavailable, so ask for details! We providegeneral dentistry to patients of all agesand offer pediatric conscious IV sedationand adult sedation dentistry. Immediateopening for an experienced general dentistin our Gainesville location. PT positionavailable now but potential for FT. Immediateopenings available for recent grads, generaldentists, and / or pediatric dentists in ourexpanding Lilburn, Dacula, and Gainesvillepedo practices. FT / PT positions available.Please email cover letters and CVs [email protected]. For more information,please visit us at www.tebodental.com.

Associate Opportunities: SAVANNAH—ASSOCIATE NEEDED. AWESOMEOPPORTUNITY: #8903. STOCK-BRIDGE ASSOCIATE NEEDED:#8894. For more information, call Dr.Earl Douglas (770) 664-1982 or [email protected].

Hiring GPs and Specialists: Coast Dentalis one of the largest providers of generaland specialty dental care in the UnitedStates with practices in California, Florida,Georgia, Nevada, and Texas. Coast Dentalis currently looking for General Dentistsand Specialists to practice in the greaterAtlanta area. We have full and part-timeopportunities available for experienceddentists to practice where contributionsare valued and the sky is the limit onopportunities to grow. Coast Dentaloffers competitive wages with sign-onbonuses available for select locations, agreat benefits package, and a chance towork with advanced technology anddevoted people who take a visionaryapproach to making every patientssmile a work of art. If you are interestedin an opportunity in one of our practices,please email [email protected] apply online at www.coastdental.com/careers/dentists.

Pediatric Dentist Needed: We havean outstanding full time opportunity fora Pediatric Dentist in our successful,well-respected, quality orientated privatepediatric dental practice for the rightcandidate. We are seeking a special,motivated, personable individual tojoin our success. We are a boomingpractice with tremendous growth andearning potential. We offer in officesedation. We offer excellent compensa-tion and benefits. For more information,please contact Amanda Rentschler [email protected] or (678)352-1090 / (678) 429-9931.

Pediatric Dentist needed for a busymulti-specialty practice located inAtlanta which provides full-service pedi-atric dentistry including hospital, andsedation care. Full-time / part-timeemployment is available with great ben-efits and monthly bonus. Fax resumes to(404) 349-8459 or email resumes [email protected] additional information please contactJackie Williams at (404) 349-7777.

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Charleston, South Carolina: Join apediatric practice with multiple offices.Join a fun, well-respected, paperless pediatricpractice and live in a great city on thebeach. The position is for someone lookingfor a great place to work in a friendly andcomfortable working environment,competitive salary & benefits. Email [email protected] or call843.816.KIDS (5437). coastalkidsdental.com

PRACTICES / OFFICESPACE AVAILABLE

Dental Space Available! Duluth, GA.Already built-out and plumbed withdental equipment! Convenient locationoff Sugarloaf Parkway near I-85. Built in2007, 3-6 operatories, sterilization,consultation room, kitchen. Front officeand private doctor office. Split designdental space, perfect for new dentist orspecialist satellite office. Upscale buildingin a high growth area with excellentdemographics. Move in ready! ContactSuellyn at (770) 623-4840.

Practices for Sale: AUGUSTA #8747—Gross collections $1.26 M; COLUMBUSAREA #8824—Gross Collections$389K. NORTH ATLANTA #8880—Gross Collections $554K. NORTHATLANTA #8902—Associate neededfor Norcross general practice. Preferexperienced dentist capable of mostskills. Practice is fee for service. Call Dr.Earl Douglas (770) 664-1982 or [email protected].

South Georgia: Excellent Net Income$850,000 gross. 4 ops, turnkey influencedpractice, 40% FFS 60% Insurance, Highquality life, 2 1/2 hours to Atlanta andGA Coast. Call Dr. John Wagner (636)517-1136.

AUGUSTA, GA: Growing practice forsale. 4 equipped ops, with 2 additionalplumbed. Gross over $500K peryear. Please call or email for detailsusing reference # GA1024. For moreinformation call (678) 482-7305, [email protected].

Available: CANTON: Beautiful officegrossing $393,000, 4 operatories. LAKEOCONEE AREA: Exceptional opportunity,grossing $823K. NORTH ATLANTA:Gorgeous new facility with 6 operatories,grossing $1.4 with high volume ofcosmetics and implants. WOODSTOCK:Beautiful 5 operatory office grossing$400K. Richane Swedenburg, New SouthDental Transitions: (770) 630-0436,[email protected]. Check newlistings: www.newsouthdental.com.

*NEW* GWINNETT PERIOPRACTICE FOR SALE! Beautiful,well-established Perio practice for salein Gwinnett. Collecting $1.2M consis-tently, 5 operatories, doctor to stay onafter transition. Please call or emailusing reference # GA1026. For moreinformation call (678) 482-7305, [email protected].

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Dental Office Ready for Occupancyin January ‘13. In Lawrenceville justseconds off I-85 with high visibility on aheavily traveled road. Beautiful and modernspace with 2160 sq. ft. 6 treatment roomsplumbed and ready for cabinetry, equip-ment and N2O2. Established dentallocation for the last 8 years. Dentist movingto larger facility. Elegant reception area withslate floors, tray ceiling, and cove lighting.Business office with Corian countertopswill remain. Would like to see new leasenegotiated. Available January 2013.Contact [email protected].

*NEW* GWINNETT COUNTY: Thisis the type of practice every dentistdreams of! Excellent location, all FFSpractice with very high quality dentistry,7 operatories, collected $1.3M+ in2012 with a strong hygiene department.Please call or email for details usingreference # GA1028. For more infor-mation call (678) 482-7305, [email protected].

*NEW* DALTON: If you would like tomake some money this is the practice foryou. Average annual collections aremore than $2 million. 5 total operatoriesequipped with Adec and all of the besttechnology. Excellent location! The sellingdoctor would like to stay for 3 years. Askingprice $1.6 million, must be pre-approvedwith a bank. The real estate is also forsale. Please call or email for details usingreference # GA1025. For more informa-tion call (678) 482-7305, email [email protected].

*NEW* PAULDING COUNTY:Well established practice with room togrow! All FFS patients. The practicecollected $300K in 2011 with 50%overhead. There are 3 ops with anadditional room plumbed. Seller isready to retire. Please call or email fordetails using reference # GA1008. Formore information call (678) 482-7305,email [email protected].

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One other thought—technically, thedefinition of who is a pediatric patient hasnot changed. However, the federal gov-ernment continually trumpets its successwith the ACA in extending the age thatchildren can remain on their parents’insurance plans to 26. Did you know thereis only a 39-year-spread from age 26 toqualifying for Medicare? The federal gov-ernment is slowly but surely turning a vari-ety of programs that were intended to pro-vide finite assistance to our most needyindividuals into an infinite maze of confus-ing regulations. They are trying to offer alittle bit to everyone at an astronomicalcost and lots of question marks.

I am at a loss to see the overall afford-ability for both patients and providers. ThePatient Protection and Affordable CareAct: What’s in a name?

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