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2025 Ninth District President

Dr. Renuka Bijoor

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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 9^th 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.

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

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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 2025 QI Software

Aug 13, 2025

Per the notice below, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is issuing the 2025 version of its Quality Indicators (QI) software.

AHRQ is pleased to announce the AHRQ Quality Indicators v2025 software release (August 29) and Webinar (September 16).

The AHRQ Quality Indicators (QI) v2025 Software will be available for download from the AHRQ QI website at: https://qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software/qi beginning August 29.

WEBINAR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION:

AHRQ invites you to join a Webinar presented by the AHRQ QI Team to learn about highlights of the AHRQ QI v2025 software on September 16, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET. 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.

Save the Date:

When: September 16, 2025, at 3:30 PM ET

Where: Register on Zoom

The v2025 Quality Indicators Software

The v2025 Quality Indicators software calculates risk-adjusted rates based on ICD-10-CM/PCS coded all-payer 2020, 2021, and 2022 Healthcare Cost and Utilization (HCUP) State Inpatient Databases (SID). The 2022 State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) were also used to develop the Prevention Quality Indicators in Emergency Department Settings (PQE) module and Maternal Health Indicators (MHI) module. The v2025 software release includes:

New: CloudQI Software now supports Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI) and Prevention Quality Indicators in Inpatient Settings (PQI), in addition to Patient Safety Indicators (PSI), PQE, and the MHI beta module. This release offers enhanced flexibility and functionality, including hosted deployments and multiuser support.
New: The MHI module has been expanded in v2025 with new beta indicators.
Support for fiscal year (FY) 2025 ICD-10-CM/PCS coding and updated risk adjustment in SAS QI, WinQI, and CloudQI.
PSI 02 Death Rate in Low-Mortality Diagnosis-Related Groups has been removed from the software and is expected to be formally retired in a future version.
Indicator refinements.
Year 2024 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 Quality Indicators website.

The AHRQ Quality Indicator Support Team

QIsupport@ahrq.hhs.gov

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators information has recently been updated and is now available.