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National Association of Dental Plans (NADP) members urged Congressional leaders to push for a technical update of Healthcare.gov to enable the independent purchase of dental plans, leading to expanded coverage opportunities to more consumers during its 2021 virtual Congressional industry fly-in, “NADP Advocacy in Action,” April 27-29.

The mission of NADP is to promote and advance the dental benefits industry to improve consumer access to affordable, quality dental care. The association’s mission is one of the main reasons my company is an NADP member. This month, I want to highlight some key initiatives NADP is currently undertaking to advance our mission.

The end of 2021 will soon be here. Like many of you, NADP is preparing for 2022 while wrapping up current projects. We’re also keenly aware of the events in Washington, D.C., and continue to represent you on the issues impacting your business. I want to briefly highlight some key developments that will impact us in the coming year.

TST Triumphs During the first quarter, the Terminology Workgroup (WG) reviewed their underlying High-Level Initiative contained in the NADP Strategic Plan and proposed a replacement for HLI2 with operational plans…

The Washington Health Benefit Exchange (WHBE) Board met last week and discussed the potential pros and cons of adding family dental benefit offerings on their Marketplace

The medical maximum out-of-pocket (MOOP) is indexed annually per the ACA, while the dental MOOP was initiated within HHS regulations and is not tied to a formula and therefore remains stagnant. DDPA has proposed a formula which ties correlates any dental MOOP change to the dental services CPI provided by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics with increases set at increments of $25 per child.

The NAIC Model Law Review Initiative (B) Subgroup met last week to review several Model Acts for compliance with the NAIC’s Procedures for Model Law Development.

NADP, DDPA and DentaQuest will be meeting with Kevin Counihan, the current Director of HHS’s Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) mid-July.

MonthlyByte     August 2015   State Developments in OK, NY, OR and more… The Government Relations Workgroup (GRW) and Exchange Policy Workgroup (EPW) continue to meet and discuss state…

At first glance, it looks like South Carolina has updated its benchmark designation to include FEDVIP as a supplement for dental. The previous proposed list did not include a supplement, thus referring to dental benefits included in the medical benchmark.