NADP On The Move

NADP continues to promote the dental benefits industry to key stakeholders and the media across the nation.

Meetings

NCOIL

NADP Director of Government Relations Bianca Balale represented members at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Corporate and Institutional Partnership meeting in Providence, Rhode Island in May. NADP was successful in narrowing the scope of the proposed amendments to the Transparency in Dental Benefits Contracting model act renewal to the existing provisions, which include network leasing and virtual credit cards. The amendments initially proposed included two additional topics – assignment of benefits and claims recoupment provisions. NADP will represent members regarding further discussion on proposed changes to this model act at the upcoming NCOIL Summer Meeting July 16 – 19 in Chicago.

X12     

NADP Director of Dental Informatics Brian Flynn represented the dental benefits industry and chaired the Dental Caucus meeting at the recent X12 meeting, June 1-5 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Discussions focused on the July 1 Medicare requirements to include International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes and modifiers. X12 also decided to withdraw its submission of 8020 guidelines and will submit 8060 guidelines when completed.

Media

Health Affairs – Dr. Mark Jurkovich, HealthPartners, and NADP Executive Director Mike Adelberg, contributed to the Health Affairs series on Medicare Advantage Plan and commented on previous statements from the American Dental Association. See Medicare Advantage Dental Benefits: Steady Improvement Is More Of The Same | Health Affairs

State of Market Release – NADP published a media release highlighting the 2024 State of the Dental Benefits Market report. Read the release here.

Members in the News

Sun Life Appoints Dr. Todd Gray as Chief Dental Officer

Make America Healthy Again Needs Teeth – Literally, by Sun Life President David Healy