Medicaid or CHIP
Data from a recent Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) reveals an opportunity for states to provide both better care for the Medicaid population and potentially reduce the financial impact of Medicaid funding, according to an analysis commissioned by the National Association of Dental Plans (NADP). The analysis reveals that when a preventive dental benefit was provided for adult Medicaid recipients in 2014, medical costs for patients with seven chronic conditions were lowered from 31 to 67 percent.
Read MoreJoint letter to Congress Supporting CHIP (October 2016)
Read MoreCMS-2390-P and Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Programs
NADP appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed rule CMS-
2390-P regarding “Medicaid Managed Care, CHIP Delivered in Managed Care, Medicaid
and CHIP Comprehensive Quality Strategies, and Revisions related to Third Party
Liability,” published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the
Federal Register on June 1, 2015.
NADP Comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Responding to Proposed Rules regarding Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Programs (July 2015)
Read MoreAs organizations that share the vision of improving oral health for children and families, we applaud
your dedication to the health of America’s children through your discussion draft to extend funding for
the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. An extension of SCHIP, as it currently stands, will ensure
that millions of children continue to receive the comprehensive health and dental coverage necessary to
allow them to be healthy and ready to play, learn, and grow.
Joint Letter to Congress Supporting CHIP (June 2017)
As leading national, state, tribal, and local organizations concerned about the health and well-being
Read Moreof America’s children and pregnant women, we are writing to urge you to turn your attention as
quickly as possible to enacting a long-term funding extension of the Children’s Health Insurance
Program (CHIP). CHIP funding is currently set to expire on September 30, 2017.