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Ninth District Headquarters Office - Hawthorne, NY

2026 Ninth District President

Dr. Bharat Joshi

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2026-2027 Member Benefits Guide Now Available

Take a look at the benefits, resources, savings, and opportunities included with your NYSDA membership. Plus, get a quick overview with our convenient At-A-Glance one-pager. Discover everything your membership has to offer!
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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 1200 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! 

New Dentist Reception
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
6:30 - 9:00 pm
Captain Lawrence Brewery
444 Saw Mill River Rd
Elmsford, NY  10523
914-741-2337

To register, email:
stephan@ninthdistrict.org

Or call 914-747-1199

Co-Sponsors (names are links to their website)

DDSMatch
MLMIC Insurance Company
Singular Anesthesia Services
Southridge Technology


ONC Issues Newsletter

Oct 27, 2026

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

SPOTLIGHT

 

ICYMI: HTI-5 is Here

ONC and HHS recently released the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ONC Deregulatory Actions to Unleash Prosperity (HTI-5) Final Rule.  It advances administration initiatives by significantly reducing administrative burden for health IT developers participating in the ONC Health IT Certification Program and is projected to save more than $1.5 billion in regulatory costs.  Ultimately, HTI-5 frees up resources for health IT developers, offering flexibility and support in pursuing innovations that enhance user experiences for patients and clinicians.  Register to attend the information session on October 29 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET.

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Highlights

Registration Open: The 2027 ONC Annual Meeting

Registration is now open for the 2027 ONC Annual Meeting!  Join us in February for conversations surrounding the TEFCA, super intelligence, information blocking, and more.
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Availability of Real-Time Prescription Benefit Information Among U.S. Hospitals

In 2025, more than half of U.S. hospitals reported real-time prescription benefit information availability across all or almost all payers, but substantial gaps remained by hospital size, rurality, system affiliation, EHR developer, and interoperability status.  Read the full data brief to learn more.
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How Can We Create Meaningful Delivery of Test Results?

While patients support timely access to their test results, many don’t currently have a say in how and when they receive them.  In our latest blog post, we examine how providers, developers, and patients can work together to enhance the patient’s experience.
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Better Interoperability Can Help Reduce Physician Administrative Burden

When needed information is difficult to access, exchange, or use in clinical workflows it can contribute to physician administrative burden and take time away from patient care.  In our latest blog post, we examine recent trends in administrative burden and what ideal interoperability looks like for physicians: information that is automatically received, easy to find, and easy to use.
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Partner Highlights

AHRQ Super Intelligence for Healthcare Improvement Initiative

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) launched its Super Intelligence (SI) for Healthcare Improvement Initiative – a two-part prize competition offering up to $7.95 million for innovative solutions that improve how healthcare evidence and data are produced and used.  The initiative includes the Clinical Evidence Synthesis Transformation Challenge, which seeks a working system capable of dramatically improving the speed, consistency, and reproducibility of rigorous evidence synthesis, and the SI Tech Sprint for Healthcare Research and Implementation Quality and Safety, which seeks practical applications that use AHRQ data to advance research and translate evidence into healthcare quality- and safety-improvement activities.  Individuals, teams, and for-profit and nonprofit entities may compete, and non-traditional participants are encouraged.  AHRQ will host a public launch webinar in December.
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Request for Information: Data Intermediaries and Approaches to Strengthen Public Health Data Exchange

CDC is seeking public input on how public health data intermediaries, such as health information exchanges, health data utilities, and qualified health information networks, could help health information flow more easily and securely across systems and organizations.  Your feedback can inform approaches to making health data more accessible and usable, strengthening connections across public health and healthcare, and advancing secure, scalable, standards-based data exchange.  Submit comments by November 20, 2026.
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Around the Ninth District

Dutchess County Dental Society

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 _2.5_ Mandatory Continuing Education Credits. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the commission for continuing education provider recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org. Mr. Reiss has no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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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 _2.5_ Mandatory Continuing Education Credits. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the commission for continuing education provider recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org. Dr. Novak has no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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Web & In-Person “CPR w/Defibrillator 2610"

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. The AHA Instructors have no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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Addendum to Child Abuse/Neglect Reporter Training

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 Course Requirements Continuing Education Credit. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the commission for continuing education provider recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org. Ms. Hoover has no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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Westchester Multidisciplinary Study Club

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. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the commission for continuing education provider recognition at CCEPR.ADA.org. Dr. Rajan has no financial relationships relevant to this presentation to disclose.
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