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Ninth District Headquarters Office - Hawthorne, NY

2025 Ninth District President

Dr. Renuka Bijoor

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We’re updating how you log in to your NYSDA and ADA account.

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Member Assistance Program (MAP)

Life comes with challenges, but your new Member Assistance Program (MAP) is here to help. This free, confidential benefit is available to you and your household, offering resources and services to support mental health, reduce stress, and make life easier.

Welcome to the Ninth District Dental Association

The Ninth District Dental Society was formed in 1909 and renamed to the Ninth District Dental Association in 2002. We have a membership of over 1500 dentists in 5 counties: Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange and Putnam.

In its quest to serve both the public and the profession, the Ninth District embodies the highest ideals.

The mission of the 9th District Dental Association is to serve and support its members and the public by improving the oral health of our community through Advocacy, Continuing Education and Camaraderie.



The Ninth District Dental Association, in Partnership with the New York State Dental Foundation (NYSDF), will be hosting an

Oral Health Screening Event 
with the Hudson Valley Renegades and
Sponsored by Henry Schein Cares Foundation

September 5, 2025
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

 

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Don't Miss the 9th District Dental Association's General Meeting
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The Westchester Manor
140 Saw Mill River Road
      Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
 

Register

Mahnaz Fatahzadeh, D.M.D., M.S.D.
Completed her Oral Medicine fellowship and MSD degree at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine where she holds a faculty appointment as a professor of Oral Medicine and as an attending at the University hospital. Dr. Fatahzadeh is a diplomat of American Board of Oral Medicine and director of pre and post-doctoral oral medicine training and Oral Mucosal Diseases Clinic at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine.

"Orofacial Manifestations of Systemic Diseases"

Course Objectives

Oral cavity is readily accessible for inspection and a gateway for assessment of general health. In fact, many systemic conditions affecting organs far from the head and neck region could manifest in the orofacial region, sometimes prior to their diagnosis. Abnormalities detected in the orofacial region may also represent complications related to medical therapy or raise concerns about substance abuse. This program provides illustrative examples of orofacial findings associated with diagnosed or subjectively silent systemic disease, medical therapy and substance abuse. Relevant signs, symptoms, and diagnostics are reviewed and the potential role of oral health care providers in recognition, referral, follow-up and overall management is emphasized.

Meeting Exhibitors (so far):  (company names are links to their websites)

 After Hours Cleaning

Altfest Personal Wealth Management

BonaDent Dental Labs

DDSMatch

Epstein Practice Brokerage

Garfield Refining Company

General Refining

Komet

M&T Bank

MLMIC Insurance Company

Orion Dental Solutions

Singular Anesthesia Services


Latest News Around the Tripartite

AHRQ Issues Latest QI Software

Jul 30, 2024

Per the notice below, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has issued the latest version of its Quality Indicators (QI) software.

AHRQ is pleased to announce the AHRQ QI v2024 software release (July 26) and Webinar (August 12). 

The AHRQ QI v2024 Software is available for download from the AHRQ QI website at: https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software/qi.

Webinar Details and Signup

AHRQ invites you to join a Webinar presentation by the AHRQ QI Team on August 12, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT to learn about the AHRQ QI v2024 software.  The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Who Benefits From This Webinar: AHRQ QI software users and anyone interested in learning about updates to the QI software.

How To Attend the Webinar: Register on Zoom

The v2024 Quality Indicators Software

The v2024 software calculates risk-adjusted rates based on International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision/Procedure Coding System coded all-payer 2019, 2020, and 2021 Healthcare Cost and Utilization State Inpatient Databases.  The 2021 State Emergency Department Databases were also used to develop the Prevention Quality Indicators in Emergency Department Settings (PQE) module.

The v2024 software release includes:

  • New: CloudQI Software, including both Patient Safety Indicators and PQE modules, offering enhanced flexibility and capabilities, including multiuser support
  • New: PQE module, previously released as ED PQI Beta v2023 software, now in production version
  • Support for fiscal year (FY) 2024 ICD-10-CM/PCS coding and risk adjustment in SAS QI, WinQI, and CloudQI
  • Risk adjustment models accounting for case-mix, including COVID present on admission as well as a COVID time trend
  • Indicator refinements
  • Year 2023 Census-based population estimates for area-level indicator denominators

Detailed information about all changes in the software will be included in the Release Notes and Change Logs, available on the AHRQ QI Website.

Software Updates:

AHRQ Quality Indicators Support Team
QIsupport@ahrq.hhs.gov

AHRQ Quality Indicators information has recently been updated, and is now available.

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