NADP ON THE MOVE

Serving as the voice of the industry, NADP represented our members this month at key stakeholder meetings and in the media.

Meetings

Dental Quality Alliance

Drs. Mark Jurkovich, HealthPartners; and Linda Vidone, Delta Dental of Massachusetts represented the dental benefits industry at the Nov. 22 Dental Quality Alliance meeting in Chicago. Read highlights in this month’s edition of Terminology Talk.

Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Conference

NADP Executive Director Mike Adelberg and federal lobbyist Kelly Delmore of Hooper Lundy presented The Politics of Medicare Advantage and Its Impact on Supplemental Benefits at the Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Conference, Nov. 12-14 in Phoenix, Arizona. Meeting attendees noted potential directional changes expected under the Trump Administration, which are anticipated to impact dental benefits within Medicare Advantage plans in the coming year.

NAIC

Director of Government Relations Bianca Balale represented the dental benefits industry at the Fall Meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), Nov. 14-16 in Denver, Colorado.

NCOIL

Director of Government Relations Bianca Balale served as the voice of the dental benefits industry during the National Conference of Insurance Legislators Annual Meeting, Nov. 21-24, in San Antonio, Texas.

Media

AIS Health – -Executive Director Mike Adelberg was quoted in an AIS Health article, With ‘Waste’ on Trump Agenda, Could MA Rebate Overhaul Be on the Table? by Lauren Kelly.