Volume 2, No. 65, August 2, 2022 - In This Issue - Senate COVID-19 Supplemental Appropriations Bill Proposed; Senate Appropriations Bills for Fiscal Year 2023; HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Reinstate LGBTQ Protections in Health Care; ouse Approves Telehealth Extensions Through 2024; Canadian Government Seeks Private Stakeholder Input for Proposed National Dental Plan ; Nevada Receives HRSA Grants to Grow Dental Workforce
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) amended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) to allow dentists and dental students to be COVID-19 vaccinators. This amendment would enable dentists and dental students to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the general population, regardless of the state or territory in which they are licensed, and it extends liability protection to the vaccinators
May 7, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact has been and continues to be wide-ranging, influencing legislation and regulations on both a national and state level. Several of those changes have been relevant to the dental and dental education community, from the expansion of telehealth in some states, to the approval by the Biden administration of dentists and dental students becoming COVID-19 vaccinators, to greater movement in licensure portability and licensure examinations
In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 2, No. 97, May 2, 2023; CDC and Biden Administration Announce New COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations and Access Program for COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatment for the Uninsured; House Passes Bill Limiting Transgendered Students Participation in Sports; Oklahoma State Legislature Passes Modifications to Dental Practice Act; Washington State Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Health Carriers to Allow Licensed Denturists to Provide Covered Dental Services; Florida House of Representatives Passes Bill to Create Veterans’ Dental Care Program
IN THIS ISSUE: House Bill Adds Dental Benefit to Medicare, Biden Announces New COVID-19 Measures, State Legislatures Begin Pre-Filing ...and more!
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) urges its member institutions and programs to advise and strongly encourage their faculty, staff, students and residents to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
ADEA has released a policy research summary report as the third issue of the ADEA Policy Research Series, Resilient Dental Schools, Better Oral Health Care for the Underserved. For any questions, please contact Dr. Omar Escontrías, ADEA Senior Director of Policy Research at policy...
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is among more than two dozen higher education organizations that have signed onto a joint statement decrying assorted state measures to bar COVID-19 vaccination requirements, surveillance testing and/or mitigation strategies such as masking
In This Issue - ADEA Advocate - Volume 2, No. 78, December 1, 2022; Administration Extends Student Loan Repayment Pause Beyond Dec. 31; HHS Community Initiative to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations; New York Governor Signs Bill Changing Residency Requirements; Canadian Dental Benefit Becomes Law
March 12, 2021—The Biden administration’s decision to allow dentists and qualified dental students to administer the COVID-19 vaccine is a welcome and important step in winning the fight against the deadly pandemic, according to the American Dental Education Association (ADEA)