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Editor Robert Brennan, DDS, Neenah 920-725-0551 • rbrennan@wda.org Executive Editor Mark Paget 414-755-4100 • mpaget@wda.org Managing Editor Emily Bultman 414-755-4110 • ebultman@wda.org OFFICERS President Timothy Durtsche, DDS, La Crosse 608-784-7319 • tdurtsche@wda.org President-Elect Julio Rodriguez, DDS, Brodhead 608-897-8645 • jrodriguez@wda.org Vice President Paul Levine, DDS, Milwaukee 414-355-0213 • plevine@wda.org Past-President Steven Stoll, DDS, Neenah 920-725-4307 • sstoll@wda.org Treasurer John R. Moser, DDS, Milwaukee 414-273-9800 • jmoser@wda.org Editor Robert Brennan, DDS, Neenah 920-725-0551 • rbrennan@wda.org Executive Director/Secretary Mark Paget, West Allis 414-755-4100 • mpaget@wda.org Region 1 Northwest David Kenyon, DDS, Altoona 715-832-3385 • dkenyon@wda.org Jeff Nehring, DDS, Mercer 715-476-3432• jnehring@wda.org Jennifer Peglow, DDS, Stevens Point 715-344-2324 • jpeglow@wda.org Region 2 Northeast Paul Feit, DDS, Sturgeon Bay 920-743-6976 • pfeit@wda.org Peter Hehli, DDS, Appleton 920-997-1557 • phehli@wda.org Jeffrey Kraig, DDS, Fond du Lac 920-922-9000 • jkraig@wda.org Region 3 Greater Milwaukee Thomas Kielma, DDS, Milwaukee 262-649-3510 • tkielma@wda.org Lynn Lepak-McSorley, DDS, Milwaukee 414-383-8787 • llepak-mcsorley@wda.org Thomas Raimann, DDS, Hales Corners 414-425-1510 • traimann@wda.org Region 4 Southeast Ryan Braden, DDS, Lake Geneva 262-248-0120 • rbraden@wda.org Cliff Hartmann, DDS, New Berlin 414-543-4700 • chartmann@wda.org Ned Murphy, DDS, Racine 262-886-9440 • nmurphy@wda.org Region 5 Southwest L. Stanley Brysh, DMD, Madison 608-417-6500 • lbrysh@meriter.com David Clemens, DDS, Wisconsin Dells 608-254-2345• dclemens@wda.org Patrick Tepe, DDS, Verona 608-848-4000 • ptepe@wda.org Region 6 Student Region Derek Schmidt Marquette University School of Dentistry dschmidt@wda.org Speaker of the House Richard Lofthouse, DDS, Fennimore 608-822-3770 • dlofthouse@wda.org ADA 9th District Trustee Dennis Engel, DDS, CDE, Mequon 262-242-8929 • engeld@ada.org Member Publication
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The Wisconsin Dental Association Board of Trustees was all business at its February meeting in Appleton, endorsing a new accounts receivable management system, approving guidelines for inviting members to participate in political activities and adopting the fiscal year 2014 Long Range Plan. WDA Insurance and Services Corp. President Mara Roberts presented detailed research on Transworld Systems Inc. which offers a three-step accounts receivable process with dental office participation via interactive software or the Internet. TSI, a member of the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals, has offices in Madison and Milwaukee. More than 30 percent of its 60,000 clients nationwide are in the medical or dental field. TSI is endorsed by the Michigan, Virginia, Arizona and Arkansas dental associations and the American Medical Association. The firm has recovered $121 million for 10,000 dental clients, of which 117 are located in Wisconsin. WDAISC expects to generate $4,000 during the first two years of TSI’s endorsement.
Political solicitations Reaffirming WDA support of individual member dentists’ political activity, the Board approved new guidelines for releasing members’ contact information. The executive director or director of government services may authorize use of members’ emails, fax numbers and mailing addresses for targeted political solicitations of WDA dentists living and/or working in a specific legislative or congressional district. Members may be invited to participate in a statewide campaign only when the solicitation is driven by a member dentist who is sponsoring an event on behalf of a specific candidate. These communications must include the sponsoring dentist’s signature and/or authorization. At no time are member email addresses, telephone numbers or fax numbers shared with a political party, candidate or campaign committee. Members wishing to have their names and contact info removed from all political solicitations should notify the WDA Legislative Office in Madison. Long Range Plan Six years after launching a comprehensive, strategic, goal-oriented process to
maximize efficient and effective allocation of financial and human resources, longrange planning is driving daily activities at the WDA and delivering measureable outcomes. Having met in January (see full story in May 2013 WDA Journal), the Long Range Planning Committee submitted a plan to the Board that: • Updates measures in nine program areas • Sunsets the Dental Home Subcommittee, continuing education registry (print CE folder) and workforce issue area • Changes the priority of Pyramids of Pride and non-annual session CE to “low” and American Dental Association Lobby Conference to “medium” Staff regularly updates the Board and House of Delegates on program outcomes. In other Board news, official ADA membership totals show the WDA ending 2012 with 3,040 members, compared to 3,038 the year before. The WDA also closed out the year with 113 new dental hygienist members or more than double the original goal of 50. The Board welcomed several outside speakers in February. continued on page 11...
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Grassroots ($305 contribution) Dr. Charles Anderson Dr. Randall Ballweg Dr. Jacqueline Belter Dr. Michael Bouressa Dr. Mark Brieman Dr. Renita Burrell Dr. Susan Cable Dr. Bret Claybaugh Dr. Jason Cooke Dr. Kirk Davies Dr. Bruce Davis Dr. Thomas De Namur Dr. Paul Dibley Dr. Terry Donnelly Dr. Summer Drews Dr. Russell Dunkel Dr. Ronald Egan Dr. A. Exner Dr. Michael Furlong Dr. Cary Gillingham Dr. Richard Hack Dr. Tim Harper Dr. Joel Hartjes Dr. Bradley Hartjes Dr. Karen Johnson Dr. Wendy Knoell Dr. Paul Koehl Dr. Thomas Langkammer Dr. Lynn Lepak-McSorley Dr. David Luisier Dr. Jamie Marchi Dr. John Onderak Mr. Mark Paget Dr. Steven Peterson Dr. Douglas Peterson Dr. Joseph Schouten Dr. Tamim Sifri Dr. Charles Sowieja Dr. Paul Svoboda Dr. Patrick Tepe Dr. Paul Tyberg Dr. Martin Williams Dr. Lisa Young Dr. Robert Youngquist Spouses ($75 WIDPAC contribution) Mr. Woody Burrell II Ms. Lynlee Hehli Ms. Marissa Rodriguez Students ($15 contribution) Mr. Philip Crum Ms. Rosa Barnes Ms. Tara Ferris Mr. Michael Jumes Ms. Katherine Pauly Mr. Derek Schmidt
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