NADP Pulse – May 2022

…policy perspectives that are mutually beneficial for plans and providers, including independent purchase of dental benefits on federal marketplaces and expansion of adult dental benefits in Medicaid and Medicare. The…

NADP-AADOM Collaboration: Success is a Two-Way Street

NADP-AADOM Collaboration: Success is a Two-Way Street By Mike Adelberg, NADP Executive Director Dental benefits carriers and dental offices share many of the same goals: we want patients to receive…

NADP on the Move – 2016 Overview

…Washington Publishers (IWP): ‘Meaningful Access’ language provisions Washington Post: “How to reduce the cost of dental care.” Time magazine: access to dental care and dental coverage for low income individuals….

The Adult Dental EHB Regulation Is Rescinded: Let’s Start Over

…filing that treats dental services this way. Weaker Dental Coverage: Though not the intention of the Biden Administration, the adult dental regulation would have—if implemented—resulted in weaker dental coverage for

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…

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…

NADP On The Move

NADP distributed a news release, NADP: provider, patient benefits rose; dental plan enrollment fell in 2024. The release included highlights of the NADP 2025 State of the Dental Benefits Market…

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…

NADP Federal and State Election Report

…large COVID relief become more limited, and ACA changes will be unlikely, as will the inclusion of dental benefits in Medicare. Other issues that may emerge during the 117th Congress

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…