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The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant effect on NADP’s state-level advocacy in 2020. In response to the pandemic, NADP created tracking resources to follow topics like insurance grace periods, telemedicine initiatives, filing requirements, special enrollment periods, and state re-opening guidelines.

On Jan. 28, Sen. Cardin (D-MD) and Rep. Barragan (D-CA-44) introduced S.97/H.R.502, the Medicare Dental Benefit Act. This bill provides for Medicare coverage of dental and oral health services, including routine diagnostic and preventive services, basic and major dental services, and emergency care; dental prostheses are also covered.

On Friday, May 21, Rep. Clarke (D-NY) introduced the “Dental and Optometric Care Access Act of 2021” (“DOC Access” Act) H.R. 3461. The bill was cosponsored by Reps. Carter (R-GA),…

With CONVERGE less than a month away, I’m using this month’s column to highlight several aspects of the conference, including the move to a completely virtual format for 2021.

MonthlyByte     Jan. 2020   Artur Bagyants Promoted to Associate Director of Government Relations Please join NADP in congratulating Artur Bagyants on his recent promotion to NADP Associate Director…

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has posted the results of our survey of dental plans on intent to offer on Exchanges in Plan Year 2016.

Several states are considering the impact of the upcoming change in the definition of small employer to include 51-100 employees and are considering actions to either move forward with the change or delay the expansion further.

NADP will submit comments this week in response to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paperwork reduction act notice that outlines some technical specifications around an Exchange requirement for carriers to submit machine-readable data for provider networks.

MonthlyByte     July 2015   by Chris Swanker, Guardian Life With the first half of the year behind us, I think it’s an important time to update you on…

MonthlyByte     October 2015   Chair’s Corner by Theresa McConeghey, Principal Financial Group At NADP, fall is a very exciting time as it signals new beginnings for our volunteer…