Newsroom NADP News Stay informed about the dental benefits industry and the association with the NADP Newsroom. Latest Updates Filter Collapse SubmitCategoryAllAdvocacy - Advocacy in Action - Federal - Accessibility - Adult Dental EHB - Affordable Care Act - Billing Issues - Claims Processing - CMS - COBRA - Compliance - HHS - Laws - Loss Ratio - Medicaid - Medicare - Notices - Premium Subsidies - Regulations - NCOIL - State - Loss Ratio - Provider NetworksBytesCareersConsortiumDental Benefits - Consumer Resources - Find a dental plan - Industry Issues - Legislative - Industry Jobs - Oral Health - Studies - Research - Shared Research - State Fact Sheets - Statistical Reports - Surveys - TrendsDental Impressions BlogEvents - Advocacy in Action - CONVERGE - Leadership Conference - WebinarsFoundationIndustry News - Press ReleasesJobsNADP SpotlightNADP Updates - Awards - Board of Directors - Elections - CDT Licensing Program - Circle of Allies - Industry Representation - Membership - Directories - NADP on the Move - NADP Staff - President's Message - Terminology, Standards & Transactions - Clinical Quality Measures - Codes - Diagnostic Terminology - EDI Transactions - Operations - VolunteeringPodcastVolunteer VoicesReset Filters January 25, 2022 President Trump Signs COVID Relief and Omnibus Spending Package into Law On Dec. 27, President Trump signed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021”, a COVID Relief and Omnibus Spending Bill, which also includes surprise billing legislation and health extenders. The relief package passed in the House and Senate on Dec. 21 and included several provisions on which NADP has advocated View This Post January 25, 2022 Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Exemption for Health and Dental Insurance Passed by Senate On Dec. 22, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 1418 / S. 350 (the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act) by unanimous consent. NADP, others in the insurance industry, and state regulators at NCOIL and National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have fought strongly against the measure for more than 10 years and, as the relief bill began to take shape, industry advocates were very active in communicating to Congress that repealing the McCarran Ferguson Act’s antitrust exemption for insurers would ignore already existing State antitrust protections, reduce competition, and increase costs for consumers. View This Post January 25, 2022 Virtual CONVERGE 2020 Receives Rave Reviews Virtual CONVERGE 2020 delivered all the things members know and love about the NADP annual conference – insightful industry education, interactive networking opportunities, and in-depth information about sponsors and exhibitors. In addition, the virtual format offered unique advantages View This Post January 25, 2022 Triumphant TST Overture Imagine members of a symphony orchestra playing different arrangements of the same song at the same time. The result would be a chaotic, disharmonious noise instead of the masterpiece intended. On a similar note, the three NADP Terminology, Standards and Transactions Sub-Workgroups (SWGs) ensure dental plans are playing harmoniously from the same healthcare arrangement that encompasses the unique needs of the dental benefits industry. View This Post January 25, 2022 Research Report – December 2020 The Coronavirus pandemic has been disruptive to the Research Agenda for 2020, but also presented opportunities for industry collaboration to quickly address the impact on the dental benefits industry through NADP’s Research program. The ability for plans to respond to planned industry surveys was significantly reduced, especially during local government-imposed lockdowns, staff furloughs and the rapid shift to remote work for NADP staff and for member companies. As a reaction to this circumstance, the Research Commission revised the 2020 Industry Research Agenda to accommodate the situation. Several industry reports have been delayed due to lagging response from members; others were delayed by the Research Commission to accommodate resource limitations of member companies. A new report, Benefit Utilization, was changed to increase frequency of data collection deemed vital to inform NADP’s response to the pandemic, and a series of ad hoc surveys and reports was conducted to assess issues particular to pandemic response. View This Post Pages: 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157
