NADP Congratulates, Offers to Partner with New Surgeon General

…volunteering to serve as a resource for the upcoming Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health and offering to share the association’s research demonstrating the value of dental insurance in promoting oral and overall health.   Contact Government Relations Analyst Tyler Shrive…

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United Concordia Dental Donates $100,000 to Food Banks Nationwide

…“Consistent access to healthy, fresh and nutrient-rich foods is such an important foundational piece to oral and overall health,” said Ed Shellard, DMD, president and CEO, United Concordia Dental. “With…

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Oral & Overall Health – KIDNEY DISEASE

…only with a direct causal link to dental caries. However, pulp diseases, periapical tissues, and diseases of the gum and periodontal tissues have no direct causal relationship. Health Science Reports…

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State Updates

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NADP Comments on DSOs to Texas Sunset Commission

This month, NADP submitted comments in support of a Texas Sunset Commission Report on the State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE) and in particular, the Report’s Issue 1 findings regarding…

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Dental Loss Ratio Reporting Bills Introduced in Multiple States

Several bills seeking to establish requirements that dental plans publicly report loss ratios have been introduced, or are pending introduction, this legislative session. NADP is currently opposing efforts in Montana…

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Download Your Members’ Only Research Resources on Massachusetts MLR

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Bills Introduced Establishing State All-Payer Claims Databases with Dental

NADP has been tracking several pieces of legislation that create All-Payer Claims Databases (APCD) or add dental claims to existing APCDs. Texas HB 1907/SB 1135 was introduced this Spring, and Delaware…

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Volunteers needed for 2021 Consumer Tracking Study Task Force

…research programs, writing and designing survey instruments, writing survey research reports, and end users of survey research reports) and, in anticipating NADP’s needs for the coming year, we could use…

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Research Commission Revises Survey Schedule

…Only issue one report for sale based on 4 quarters of data collection. Issue interim reports to participants only Allow respondents to participate anonymously or be identified Corporate Responsibility Survey…

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