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 - Billing Issues - Claims Processing - Loss Ratio - Medicaid - Medicare - 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 - WebinarsFoundationIndustry News - Press ReleasesJobsNADP SpotlightNADP Updates - Awards - Board of Directors - Elections - CDT Licensing Program - Industry Representation - Membership - NADP on the Move - NADP Staff - President's Message - Terminology, Standards & Transactions - Clinical Quality Measures - Codes - Diagnostic Terminology - EDI Transactions - Operations - VolunteeringVolunteer VoicesReset Filters January 25, 2022 State Updates for June / July 2020 The Government Relations Workgroup (GRW) continues its work of tracking and analyzing state legislative and regulatory activities pertaining to the dental benefits industry. View This Post January 25, 2022 HHS Finalizes 1557 Tagline Repeal Rule On Friday, June 12, the HHS Office of Civil Rights finalized “Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities: Delegation of Authority” (RIN 0945-AA11) which permanently repeals tagline requirements under section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, effective August 18, 2020. View This Post January 25, 2022 CMS Releases Update on Oral Health Initiative On June 25, CMS released an update on their Oral Health Initiative, which sets goals for children’s preventive dental utilization in Medicaid as well as highlighting “promising state practices” for oral health View This Post January 25, 2022 CMS Responds to NADP’s Joint Letter on Independent Purchase On June 25, NADP received a letter from Director of the Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) Randy Pate, in response to NADP’s joint letter to the Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, which urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “provide the option of purchasing dental coverage independent of medical coverage on the federal health insurance Marketplace.” The letter from NADP presented a new perspective on the independent purchase of dental plans on exchanges, bringing to the foreground the needs of kidney and transplant patients, who require dental treatment before and after surgery. View This Post January 25, 2022 Virtual Advocacy Event Focuses on Improving Consumer Access to Dental Coverage Serving as the voice of the dental benefits industry, 40 NADP members engaged in in-depth telephone conversations and virtual meetings with 60 Congressional offices during NADP’s virtual Advocacy in Action event, June 24-26. Most participants agreed the conference-call format was advantageous as it provided more time to cover industry issues. View This Post Pages: 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142
