Competition and Vertical Integration in Dental Insurance: The GAO Weighs In

…consumer affordability, then lawmakers can be re-assured about dental benefits. Nationally, premiums rise only 1-2 percent a year and, as documented in a previous blog, consumer protections in dental benefits…

2023 Research Wrap-Up

…NADP Dental Benefits Report: Network Administration & Network Statistics & Supplemental tables (published December 2023) NADP Dental Benefits Report: 2022 Premium (published June 2023) 2022 NADP Benefit Utilization Report (published…

NADP Pulse – December 2022

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Amundson

Dr. Craig Amundson Receives the NADP Gabryl Award, Dental Benefits Industry Top Honor The National Association of Dental Plans (NADP) is pleased to announce that Dr. Craig Amundson has been…

NADP Pulse – November 2020

…Earlier this year NADP created this task force to analyze the various new business models entering the dental benefits industry and how NADP may need to adapt.   Political Landscape:…

NADP Urges Flexibility for States in Comments on Medicaid Proposed Rule

…critical to all dental insurance carriers, as regulators are known to apply public program requirements to the commercial market. NADP expressed concern with how the proposed rule sweeps in dental…

Terminology Talk

Terminology Talk By Dr. Linda Vidone (CareQuest Institute) and Timothy L. Brown (NADP) Diagnostic Terminology SWG Chair and NADP Deputy Executive Director Serving as your industry representative, NADP was instrumental…

Chair’s Corner – Oct. 2016

…the board level of NADP. Unlike traditional volunteer groups, the Council acts in an advisory capacity to the NADP board; whereas volunteer groups oversee and/or execute policy initiatives and NADP…

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

…their families who were eligible for the Tricare Retiree Dental Program became eligible to enroll in dental coverage under the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP), which is…

NADP Launches Advocacy Campaign for Medicaid FMAP Increase

…Medicaid enrollees, and dental plans in the government programs space.   Contact your members of Congress today and help preserve adult dental benefits in Medicaid! To help advocate for an FMAP…