Dental Impressions Blog

Dental Benefits in Medicare Advantage: Making a Good Story Great

March 28, 2024

Dental Benefits in Medicare Advantage: Making a Good Story Great by Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director 3/28/24 While age does not determine a person’s oral health, a correlation exists between…

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Allow the Independent Purchase of Qualified Dental Plans on Healthcare.gov

February 28, 2024

Allow the Independent Purchase of Qualified Dental Plans on Healthcare.gov By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director February 28, 2024 One of healthcare’s good news stories in recent years is growing…

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Trendlines in Dental Plan Reimbursement

January 31, 2024

Trendlines in Dental Plan Reimbursement By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director January 31, 2024 Since joining NADP as its Executive Director 14 months ago, I’ve heard from external sources at…

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Adult Dental EHB – A Good Idea, but Watch the Jenga Tower

December 19, 2023

Adult Dental EHB – A Good Idea, but Watch the Jenga Tower By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director December 19, 2023 As most readers of this blog already well know,…

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Applying Medical Loss Ratio to Dental Insurance: Considerations for Legislators

November 29, 2023

Applying Medical Loss Ratio to Dental Insurance: Considerations for Legislators   By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director November 29, 2023 Recently, I attended the fall meeting of the National Conference…

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Dental Plans and Opioid Epidemic: How We Can Help

October 26, 2023

Dental Plans and Opioid Epidemic: How We Can Help By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director October 26, 2023 Despite great efforts over the last decade, the United States is still…

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A Record-Setting CONVERGE Kicks Off a New Cycle of Initiatives from NADP Volunteer Groups

October 2, 2023

A Record-Setting CONVERGE Kicks Off a New Cycle of Initiatives from NADP Volunteer Groups By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director October 2, 2023 Last month, I had the opportunity to…

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The Quest for the Holy Grail: Integrating (or Aligning) Dental and Medical

August 25, 2023

The Quest for the Holy Grail: Integrating (or Aligning) Dental and Medical   By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director August 25, 2023 It seems like everyone in the dental benefits…

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An Under-Appreciated Truth – Consumer Protections in Dental Plans Are Increasing

July 20, 2023

An Under-Appreciated Truth – Consumer Protections in Dental Plans Are Increasing By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director July 20, 2023 We’ve all been guilty of it at some point. Someone…

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For more than a decade, across the healthcare and insurance continuums, leaders have called on providers to switch from paper to electronic claims. The reasons for making this switch are as familiar as they are compelling: electronic claims cost less to submit than paper claims, e-claims can be paid faster than paper claims, and the data from electronic claims is much more easily aggregated and analyzed. This facilitates research and quality measurements projects that are impractical with paper claims.

Changing the Paper Claim: A Call for a Balanced Response

June 26, 2023

Changing the Paper Claim: A Call for a Balanced Response By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director June 26, 2023 For more than a decade, across the healthcare and insurance continuums,…

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