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Dr. Bharat Joshi

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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 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 9th Board approved creating a High School Career Day video to promote the dental field as a whole! Here's the link: 

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kk10wFBk5MXT4CeitvzzCSXKPrVFzz73/view?usp=drive_link

 

Please share it with any Principal or Guidance Counselor you may have a relationship with!

Come join your colleagues!

Don't forget to Register!! 

 

September's General Meeting

Wednesday, September 23, 2026
8:00 am - 3:30 pm

Crowne Plaza Hotel
3 Executive Blvd.
Suffern, NY 10901

(845) 357-4800

Dr. Matthew Malek will present:
"Diagnosis and Treatment Planning: Endodontic Inflammation, Infection and Fractures"
"Root Resorption: Types, Diagnosis, and Management" 
and
Iatrogenic Incidents: Perforation, Instrument Separation, and Sodium Hypochlorite Accident"

ON-SITE CHECK-IN BEGINS AT 8:00 AM

We Hope to See You There!!

Bharat Joshi, D.D.S.
President

AHRQ Issues Regulatory Update

Sep 9, 2025

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has issued its weekly regulatory update, which can be read below.

September 9, 2025 | Issue #974

In This Week's Issue: new Quality Indicators software; improving patient safety with handoff tools; structural measure criteria for hospital safety; supporting adolescent behavioral health

Learn About AHRQ’s New Quality Indicators Software in September 16 Webinar

Join a webinar presented by the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QI) Team to learn about highlights of the AHRQ QI v2025 software on September 16, 3:30–4:30 p.m. ET.  The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.  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 Project State Inpatient Databases.  The 2022 State Emergency Department Databases also were used to develop the Prevention Quality Indicators in Emergency Department Settings (PQE) module and Maternal Health Indicators (MHI) module.  The v2025 software release includes the following:

  • New: CloudQI Software now supports Inpatient Quality Indicators and Prevention Quality Indicators in Inpatient Settings, in addition to Patient Safety Indicators (PSI), PQE, and 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 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.

Handoff Tool Helps Reduce Medical Errors and Adverse Events

A structured handoff tool called I-PASS (Illness Severity, Patient Summary, Action List, Situation Awareness, and Synthesis to Receiver) helps improve patient safety, according to an AHRQ-funded study published in BMJ Quality and Safety.  The study, based on an evidence review from AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program and General Patient Safety Program, examined the effectiveness of various handoff tools, such as checklists and scripts for sharing information, on patient safety during shift changes within the same hospital unit.  Researchers reviewed published studies from the last 10 years and focused primarily on the impact of two tools, IPASS and SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation).  I-PASS had the strongest evidence of improving patient safety.  SBAR may help improve patient safety, but the evidence is weaker.  Access the article.

Webinar Recording Now Available: Understanding CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure Requirements

Hospitals can earn points toward the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) by meeting criteria across five domains, including Domain 3: Culture of Safety and Learning Health Systems.  In a recent webinar, CMS and AHRQ experts explained that AHRQ’s Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Hospital Survey and shorter pulse surveys can help meet these requirements.  Hospitals must attest “Yes” to all five Domain 3 statements—such as conducting validated safety culture surveys annually (or alternating between pulse and full surveys each year) and benchmarking patient safety metrics—to earn the point.  During the Q&A, presenters clarified that surveys must include a patient safety culture component, hospitals can add supplemental questions, there is an option to use a Hospital SOPS (or other) pulse survey in alternating years, and attestation does not require data submission to AHRQ.  Learn more and access the recording.

New Guide Helps Practices Support Adolescent Behavioral Health

Discover a new resource from the AHRQ Integration Academy designed to help pediatric and family medicine teams better support adolescents and their families.  The latest topic brief outlines nine key components for implementing behavioral-developmental health screening and response in pediatric primary care.  Grounded in trauma-informed and two-generation approaches, it offers actionable steps, real-world examples, and practical tools to build resilient, supportive care systems for youth ages 12–17.  Learn how practices can foster safe, stable, nurturing environments that promote adolescent well-being.  Read the full brief.

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AHRQ Stats: Expenditures for Heart Disease Treatment

Healthcare expenditures to treat heart disease for U.S. adults totaled $100 billion in 2022, with an average of $4,900 for each person treated.  Most expenditures, 46.1 percent, were for hospital inpatient stays, and 20.5 percent were for prescribed medications.  (Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #562, Healthcare Expenditures for Heart Disease among Adults Aged 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2022.)

New Research and Evidence

AHRQ in the Professional Literature

Evaluating a train-the-trainer approach for implementing obstetric life support in diverse healthcare contexts throughout Arizona: a mixed methods protocol.  Cunningham SD, Carandang RR, Wood LS, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 May 15;25(1):707.  Access the abstract on PubMed®.

Frequency of antibiotic overtreatment and associated harms in patients presenting with suspected sepsis to the emergency department: A retrospective cohort study.  Shappell CN, Yu T, Klompas M, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 18;80(6):1197-1207.  Access the abstract on PubMed®.

Effectiveness of bi-directional patient-provider communication tools aimed at changing patient medication behavior in the outpatient setting: a scoping review.  Amenta E, Olmeda K, Collazo A, et al. Fam Pract. 2025 Jun 4;42(4).  Access the abstract on PubMed®.

Days alive out of health care: a novel measure of health status after congenital heart surgery.  Crook S, Sanchez CM, Dragan K, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Mar 4;85(8):851-62. Epub 2025 Feb 5.  Access the abstract on PubMed®.

Semi-automated pipeline to accelerate multi-site flowsheet alignment and concept mapping in electronic health records.  Fan H, Rossetti SC, Thate J, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025 Jul;32(7):1140-8.  Access the abstract on PubMed®.

Does physician-hospital vertical integration signal care-coordination?  Evidence from mover-stayer analysis of commercially insured enrollees.  Encinosa W, Dor A. J Health Econ. 2025 May;101:102997. Epub 2025 Mar 31.  Access the abstract on PubMed®.

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic-related workflow changes on a clinically-integrated breastfeeding peer counselor program.  Sattar F, Borders AEB, Keenan-Devlin LS. Matern Child Health J. 2025 Feb;29(2):148-55. Epub 2024 Dec 19.  Access the abstract on PubMed®.

Relationship between nurse staffing during labor and cesarean birth rates in U.S. hospitals.  Lyndon A, Simpson KR, Landstrom GL, et al. Nurs Outlook. 2025 Mar-Apr;73(2):102346. Epub 2025 Jan 28.  Access the abstract on PubMed®.

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NY-9DDS-Webinar: What You (& Your Patients!) Need to Know and You Weren't Taught in School

The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 2 Mandatory Continuing Education credits.
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Westchester & Greenwich Interdisciplinary Study Group

The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 4 Mandatory Continuing Education credits.
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Continuing Education Club of Westchester

The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 3 Mandatory Continuing Education credits.
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NY-9DDS WEB02: "Addendum to the Amended New York State Mandated Child Abuse Training Course"

Only those who have taken the Part I Update are eligible to take the Addendum rather than the full course. You must, therefore, call HQs with your credit card information (914-747-1199) to register. The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 1 NYS Mandated Training Requirements continuing education credit.
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NY-9DDS - Web & In-Person – 2607 “Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation with Defibrillator”

New York State requires all dentists to maintain CPR certification. This course offers a 2-Year Certification. The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 4.5 NYS Mandated Training Requirements continuing education credits.
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NY-9DDS-Web: "Prevention and Management of Dental Implant Complications"

The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 2 Mandatory Continuing Education credits.
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NY-9DDS-Web: "From Structure to Function: Incorporating Airway & Myofunctional Therapy Across Dental Specialties"

The Ninth District Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider approved by the New York State Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. The Ninth District Dental Association designates this activity for 2 Mandatory Continuing Education credits.
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