NAIC Summer Meeting Wrap-up

formed a “Dental Network Subgroup” of the Government Relations Workgroup (GRW) to walk through the model from a dental perspective and provide timely comments to the NAIC. While NADP advocated…

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Three Long Term Volunteer Leaders Nominated for Gabryl Award

…Dedicated Dental/InterDent The Gabryl Award is NADP’s highest honor, which recognizes long-term volunteer service with a significant contribution to the advancement of NADP and our mission. The Gabryl Award is…

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Dental Plan Lobby Warns Loss Ratios Could Drive Groups To Self-Insure

…preferred provider organization (DPPO) products, and that about 70% of group dental benefits are employer-sponsored, while the other 30% are voluntary. About 5.3% of the population with commercial dental benefits

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Member Interest Groups (MIGS)

…out to the MIG to provide expert input to other NADP programs or services. What kind of association support and funding will MIGs receive? Dental Interact Community: NADP will set…

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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 Pulse – July 2021

By Board Chair Jeremy Hedrick, Careington International The mission of NADP is to promote and advance the dental benefits industry to improve consumer access to affordable, quality dental care. The…

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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

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NADP Insights – Feb. 2020

…direction and insight for the current resources, which include: NADP State Laws on Discount Plan Organizations NADP Provider Networks and Accessibility Requirements by State Non-covered Services State Tracking Document NADP

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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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Research Report – Feb. 2022

…is the cornerstone of NADP’s Statistical Reports on the dental benefits industry. This survey captures enrollment data for Stand-Alone and Embedded DHMO, DEPO, DPPO, Dental Indemnity, Discount Dental, Direct Reimbursement,…

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