Building on last year’s effort, NADP is requesting the following information about each provider participating in any network your company directly manages (Please include data from provider networks that are managed by a 3rd party credentialing service. Delta plans: Please only provide information on non-Delta Dental networks):
- First Name - Please remove all punctuation and spaces
- Middle Name or Initial - Please remove all punctuation and spaces
- Last Name - Please remove all punctuation and spaces
- Generation (e.g. Jr., Sr., III, IV, etc.) - Please remove all punctuation and spaces
- Dental License # - Please remove all punctuation and spaces
- State of Licensure
- Specialty provider? Please provide the specialty. Only include one specialty per record. If multiple specialties, please provide a separate record for each specialty. Use the following code for each specialty:
- Endodontist – ED
- General Dentist – GD
- Oral Surgery – OS
- Orthodontist – OD
- Pediatric Dentist – PD
- Periodontist – PE
- Prosthodontist – PR
- Public Health – PH
- Any other specialty - ZZ
DHMO Network (Y/N)
DPPO Network (Y/N)
Discount Network (Y/N)
Date of Birth (optional, to aid in our de-duplication process, please use “MMDDYYYY” format)
Please provide this information based on December 31, 2011. If your company did not participate in this study last year provide data based on December 31, 2010 as well.
Data should be sent in a comma delimited ASCII file, MS Access database file, MS Excel file, or SPSS file.
As with all NADP statistical reports, no company specific data is included in NADP reports. Because of the sensitivity of the information requested, NADP will take the following steps to ensure the anonymity and security of the information provided:
- Upon receipt of each plan’s data file, all data will be stripped of any information identifying the source of the data file. No specific provider data will be associated with any specific company.
- All data submitted to NADP will be stored in a secure manner, with password protected access limited to NADP staff required to conduct the analysis of the data.
- No data will be reported about an individual company or an individual provider. ALL reporting will be done in an aggregate format.
Currently, we anticipate the final report will be limited to:
- the number of individual dentists and dental specialists by geographic area and by product type
- an estimate of the percentage of dentists in the United States, and individual states, that participate on provider networks,
- the rate of turnover of dentists participating on dental networks both nationally and by geographic area
- and possibly a demographic profile of dentists participating on dental networks.
The deadline for participating in this study is March 31, 2012. Please contact Jerry Berggren, Director of Research, by calling 972-458-6998 x113 or via email:
jberggren@nadp.org
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