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

dental plans on healthcare.gov and considers potential changes to dental supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage. NADP also, of course, continues to believe that adult dental should be a mandatory Medicaid…

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Re-Establishing the NADP Foundation

dental students learn the fundamentals of dental benefits and dental insurance operations. We are similarly interested in ways to better support the dental office managers and billing staff who help…

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STI 2015 Highlights

Dental Service Organizations (DSOs), finishing and publishing the update to the NADP Dental Plan Accreditation Standard (DPAS) and expanding the current Dental Provider Credentialing pilot from phase I to phase…

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Dental Loss Ratio

…operate under an arbitrary MLR. Your oral health may suffer: Lack of dental insurance is the number one barrier to receiving dental care, according to the NADP 2021 Consumer Tracking…

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Preventive Dental Treatment Lowers Healthcare Costs for Adults Covered by Medicaid, Per Research Conducted Under NADP Grant

…broad spectrum of dental benefits companies operating in the United States. NADP’s members provide Dental HMO, Dental PPO, Dental Indemnity and Discount Dental products to more than 200 million Americans…

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Federal Proposal Amends Excepted Benefits Definition & Large Group Determination of EHBs

…CFR § 146.145 (HHS). In each, excepted benefits are described in four categories including: Benefits excepted in all circumstances Limited excepted benefits (limited-scope dental benefits are included here, which is…

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A Hard Needle to Thread—Adding an Adult Dental Essential Health Benefit

…the Adult Dental Benefit: Adding adult dental to the benchmark plan must either raise the cost of the benchmark plan or be offset by reducing medical benefits. While dental services…

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NADP Spotlight – July 2024

This content is an exclusive benefit for NADP members. If you’re a member of NADP, login, and you’ll get immediate access. If you are not yet a member of NADP,…

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NADP Revitalizes its Foundation

benefits industry. NADP members provide dental HMO, dental PPO, dental indemnity, and dental savings plan products to more than 200 million Americans with dental benefits. NADP members include the entire…

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Research Report – April 2020

…a dental plan or dental benefits embedded within medical plans. To help build a more complete picture of dental benefits enrollment, the survey has two components: the In-Force survey and…

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