Register for the UW Ernest M. Jones Memorial Lecture – Thriving in a Time of Uncertainty: Key Trends and Opportunities Coming to the Dental Care Sector on Friday, March 24.

The Dental Quality Assurance Commission (DQAC) has formed a Dental Inclusion Committee to begin rulemaking to comply with health equity education requirements. The Committee will meet on March 29.

The WSDA Leadership Institute is a program designed to foster new leadership in organized dentistry by getting participants involved in a variety of WSDA activities and meetings. Apply by March 31.

The Dental Quality Assurance Commission (DQAC) will hold its next business meeting in a hybrid format on Friday, March 10 at 10:00 AM.

The ADA’S Enhanced CDT Task Force is seeking comment from the entire dental community on the proposed framework of dental procedure code modifiers, which would complement — not replace — the CDT Code’s current “Dxxxx” format. The next Enhanced CDT public comment session will be on Feb. 28 from 5:00-5:30 PM Pacific Time.

Friday, Feb. 24 is fiscal committee cutoff, the second major milestone of the 2023 legislative session. This means that bills that have been sent to a fiscal committee must be voted out in order to stay “alive” and continue along in the legislative process. Read for an update on WSDA’s week seven activities in Olympia.

The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has created a series of free webinars for both employers and employees, covering employment law topics including workers’ rights, job posting requirements, overtime rules, and the Equal Pay and Opportunities Act.

The Dental Quality Assurance Commission (DQAC) will hold a Dental Continuing Competency Committee meeting on March 22.

The Dental Quality Assurance Commission (DQAC) will hold a Dental Collaboration Committee meeting on March 6.

Today is policy committee cutoff, marking the first major milestone of the 2023 legislative session. By 5:00 PM today, bills must be voted out of their policy committee in order to stay “alive” and continue along in the legislative process. Accordingly, this week, the Legislature devoted most of its committee time to executive session work as well as floor action. Read for an update on WSDA’s week six activities in Olympia.

In order to address the annual operating shortfall of the Dental Quality Assurance Commission, the Department of Health is proposing to increase dental licensure fees, effective June 1, 2023.

Celebrating the community of dentists across the Tripartite, the ADA New Dentist Committee is thrilled to host a Town Hall on March 15 highlighting the journey of five different dentists with five different career paths.