ABC World News Tonight Highlights Access to Care Issue
Chicago, April 25, 2012 – The topic of the lack of access to oral health care for the poor reached a national audience last night with this story from ABC's World News Tonight. Though the segment focuses on the issue of reimbursement and how few providers accept Medicaid patients, it informs the public about this important and persistent problem with America's health care system.

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2012 issues of Access magazine are now available online!
Anyone is welcome to read Access online free of charge; members’ and subscribers’ printed editions are not affected. Future digital editions will be announced through ADHA Update, or you can link through ADHA’s publications page. To see the April issue, click here. Use the archive button on the upper left to see the March, February and January issues.

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ADHA Applauds Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Access to Oral Health Care Issues
Chicago, February 29, 2012 – The American Dental Hygienists' Association commends the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging for continuing to shine a spotlight on the oral health care crisis in this country. The subcommittee, chaired by Bernard Sanders of Vermont, held a hearing this morning entitled "Dental Crisis in America: the Need to Expand Access."
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ADHA Partners with CDEWorld to Deliver Online Continuing Education
Chicago, February 22, 2012—The American Dental Hygienists Association (ADHA) has announced that it is providing continuing education courses through an online partner, CDEWorld. This exciting new venue will extend the reach of the courses currently offered on the ADHA member website.
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CODA Accepts Recommendation to Require Needs Assessment to Determine the Feasibility of Proposed Dental Hygiene Programs
Chicago, February 3, 2012—Today the American Dental Association’s Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) ruled to accept the recommendation to require a formal needs assessment to determine the feasibility of proposed dental hygiene programs.
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