The Big Picture – July 2015

…potential purchasers of dental benefits and the end users of dental services. Owners: Communications WorkGroup, EPW, GRW, Research and Education Commissions. Highlights: The Communications WorkGroup has rewritten web content, formerly…

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NADP On the Move in 2022

…organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and…

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Member-Only Resources

…volunteer groups and members to ask questions, initiate discussions and distribute materials. Provider Directory Validation Project To help our members improve efficiencies and save time and money, the NADP Operations…

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Research & Reports

…insurance carriers. Reports Filter Collapse Submit Research TypeAllReports – Other Research – Presentation & Charts – State Fact Sheets – Statistical Reports – Benefit Utilization – Enrollment – Plan Design…

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Federal Advocacy

…medical loss ratio reporting requirements. SUNSET Rule In December, NADP submitted comments on the proposed rule “Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely” (SUNSET). The comments focus on the uncertainty…

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CMS finalizes rule rescinding Parts C, D enrollment requirements

…wrote in January comments. Complicating the issue even more, CMS changed the rule so that effective June 16, 2015, unless the provider took affirmative action to withdraw the affidavit 30…

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

…number of moves are underway to enhance the convenience of obtaining dental services. There are a growing number of multi-purpose clinics that co-locate primary care physicians and general practice dentists….

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Defense Authorization Act repeals move of some TRICARE dental plans / beneficiaries to FEDVIP dental plans

…here. Congressional Armed Services Committees and related legislation are not Committees or issues NADP closely monitors but the above repeal may have come as a surprise to do those who…

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Covid-19 Resources

…taken with respect to grace periods for premium payments, coverage for teledentistry services, and changes to filing requirements https://www.nadpadvocacy.org/covid-19-state-actions JOIN NADP’s Members Only COVID-19 Open Forum For the latest updates….

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Thoughts on the Recent Congressional Oral Health Hearing

…titled, “Examining the Dental Care Crisis in America: How Can We Make Dental Care More Affordable and More Available?” Chaired by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), the Committee heard from four…

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