NADP Advocates for DQA in Comments to MA Exchange

…plans are doing related to quality. In comments submitted this month, NADP recommended: As the Massachusetts Connector collects QIS’s from dental carriers to better understand various perspectives, NADP strongly recommends…

IA DOI Recommendation: Don’t Expand Dental External Review beyond Medical Necessity

…of Iowa Insurers, Delta Dental Plans Association (DDPA) and state Senator Matt McCoy. NADP submitted comments about the various pitfalls in adopting external review of adverse determinations for dental plans….

Dental health resources to consider for children with cleft lips and palates

…it important for them to have personalized treatment plans and take consistent care of their teeth. This Children’s Dental Health Month, United Concordia Dental shares resources to help parents navigate…

Terminology Talk

…GA. NADP attendees included Drs. Roger Adams, Avesis, Mark Jurkovich, Health Partners, and Linda Vidone, Delta Dental Massachusetts, along with NADP Deputy Executive Director Timothy L. Brown. Editor Updates included:…

State Lawmakers Look to Regulate AI in Utilization Review: What This Means for Payers

…utilization review. Overjet works with payers representing 45% of the insured population. Importantly, the benefits of this are not limited to payers. AI solutions can result in: faster decision-making (reducing…

Horowitz

…as CEO of TDC/The Dental Concern, Vice President of Dental Products for Empl9oyers Health Insurance Co. and Executive Vice President of Dental Benefit Providers, Inc. Dr. Horowitz has been involved…

NADP Shares Medicare Advantage Map

MonthlyByte     July 2016   NADP Shares Medicare Advantage Map As members of the Better Medicare Alliance (BMA), NADP is providing the newly released interactive online map representing data from…

Congressional Budget Office Discusses H.R. 3463 with NADP

…and information on the small group market and dental benefits and provided NADP’s State of the Market in a follow-up email. CBO’s insightful questions and the bipartisan support at this…

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Affordable Care Act Case

…The Chief Justice stated, “it’s hard for you to argue that Congress intended for the entire act to fall if the mandate were struck down when the same congress that…

CCIIO Releases Letter to Issuers on Exchanges for 2018

…a summary in the Advocacy Open Forum on Dental Interact. More broadly, it’s unclear how CCIIO proposals and the Marketplaces will function given the election of Donald Trump and Republican…