TAPD 2021 General Assembly Business Meeting
Our Annual General Assembly Business meeting for 2021 will be on Saturday, May 1st. This will be a virtual Zoom meeting from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. If you would…
TAPD Legislative Spotlight—Joe Castellano, DDS
Name: Joe Castellano, DDS Position: Legislative Committee; Past-President Number of years in practice: 30 Where you went to dental school and completed residency: UT Dental Branch Houston; Residency- UTHSC San…
Texas Lifts Mask Mandate, Opens Business
Yesterday, Governor Abbott announced the issuance of Executive Order (GA-34) which, effective Wednesday, March 10th, lifts the state mask mandate in Texas and increases the capacity of all businesses and facilities to 100% in…
TSBDE Emergency Meeting
Today, the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners met to review 22 Tex. Admin. Code§ 108.7 – Minimum Standard of Care, General, the emergency rule adopted which allows dental health…
TAPD Winter Board Meeting
Our Winter Board meeting for 2021 will be on Saturday, February 13th. This will be a virtual Zoom meeting from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. If you would like to…
Medicaid THSteps Dental Policy Review
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) recently asked TAPD to provide input for their review of the Texas Health Steps Dental Preventive Services Policy. TAPD believes that HHSC…
TAPD Legislative Spotlight—William (Bill) Steinhauer, DDS
Name: William (Bill) Steinhauer, DDS Position: Legislative Director Number of years in practice: 35 as a Pediatric Dentist Where you went to dental school and completed residency: University of Texas…
E-Prescribing Waivers
As a reminder, effective January 1, 2021, the Texas Health and Safety Code § 481.0755 requires that prescriptions for controlled substances be issued electronically, except in limited circumstances, or unless…
2020 Medicaid Question & Answer Session Agenda
VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING DECEMBER 5, 2020 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Welcome & Intro Overview of Medicaid Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) State Texas Health and Human…
TAPD Winter 2021 CE Course
Dr. Soroush Zaghi will be speaking at the Spring CE course regarding the Pediatric Dentist’s role in sleep, breathing, and myofunctional disorders.