NADP 2020 Legislative Wrap Up

MonthlyByte     August / September 2020 Edition   NADP 2020 Legislative Wrap Up Every year the NADP Government Relations Workgroup (GRW) compiles a review of relevant state policy activity…

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Chair’s Corner – Dec. 2015

…Statistics Report provides added information by Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. NADP kept you informed with the 2015 State of the Dental Benefits Market report, covering trends in enrollment, cost shifting,…

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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 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 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 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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