Re: CDT-5

From: Dr Steve (nospam_at_home.net)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 15:52:34 GMT

You will want the exact wording. I would not trust conversational
discussions for this. 

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Troy, Michigan, USA
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"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:56:54 -0500, "Tony Bad"
> <spamspamspam@bakedbeans.spam> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Dr Steve" <nospam@home.net> wrote in message
>>news:9Xitd.2582$nE7.1947@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
>>> Has everyone run out and bought their copy of the new CDT-2005 standards
>>> yet?  Anyone beside me annoyed that the ADA uses our dues money to 
>>> develop
>>> this standard, but charges us to obtain a copy of the standard once
>>> completed.  Then, we pay again to have out PMS licensed to incorporate 
>>> it
>>> into the software.
>>>
>>> Am I alone in expecting the ADA to send dues paying members a copy of 
>>> the
>>> standard as a benefit of membership?  At least, just a list of revisions 
>>> for
>>> the new standard.  Even a Password protected link to the standard or its
>>> revisions.
>>>
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>>> Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S.
>>> Troy, Michigan, USA
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>>
>>I agree 100%...only I am not an ADA member, so it wasn't my dues money. 
>>Perhaps
>>I am too cynical, but now that the ADA has found a nice little profit 
>>center,
>>does it seem these revisions are coming with greater frequency? And does 
>>it seem
>>like a good number of the changes are rather insignificant?
>>
>>There isn't much choice in complying with the new codes, because when they 
>>were
>>last revised, I learned that the insurance companies applied the revisions
>>immediately, and if you used an old code, it was a reason for them to deny 
>>the
>>claim or send it into the black hole of claims.
>>
>>This kind of crap is just another one of the reasons I feel the ADA is 
>>useless.
>>Sorry if that offends anyone. There are many good people in the ADA, but 
>>as a
>>whole, I am no fan.
>>
>>T
>
> Say there are 20 or 50 changes .... and you learn about the changes
> from discussing with your friends.
>
> Can't you make the "edits" yourself?
>
> Joel
>
> Just ASKIN' not conspirin'
>
>
>
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>

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