The Quest for the Holy Grail: Integrating (or Aligning) Dental and Medical

…and dental providers with the overall health needs of the individual. Whatever the benefits, aligning dental and medical is difficult. For a variety of historical and operational reasons, dental and…

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Allow the Independent Purchase of Qualified Dental Plans on Healthcare.gov

Dental Plans in the ACA marketplaces. Despite participation from a stable set of reputable plans, dental plan enrollment is only a little more than three million. The Kaiser Family Foundation…

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McConeghey

…recognized resource of the dental benefits industry.” NADP is the only national trade organization that includes the full spectrum of dental benefits companies operating in the United States. NADP members…

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NADP Pulse – May 2022

…policy perspectives that are mutually beneficial for plans and providers, including independent purchase of dental benefits on federal marketplaces and expansion of adult dental benefits in Medicaid and Medicare. The…

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Board Sets 2017 NADP Dues

MonthlyByte     June 2016   Board Sets 2017 NADP Dues Over this last decade, NADP has grown from representing 70% of the dental benefits market to more than 90%…

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CDT Licensing Program

This content is an exclusive benefit for NADP members. If you’re a member of NADP, login, and you’ll get immediate access. If you are not yet a member of NADP,…

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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 – January 2021

…products. The Research Commission plans to conduct the following standard reports in 2021 including: Enrollment – In-Force business Enrollment -New Business Network Administration Claims Metrics Financial Operations and Premiums, which…

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Member-Only Resources

…Learn More Research Reports NADP conducts original research relating to dental benefits and the industry in a series of annual reports, shared research reports and snapshots. Most of the research…

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NADP On The Move

…and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulation of supplemental benefit utilization; the pressure on “second tier” dental benefits; the application of flex-cards to dental benefits; and new Medicare Advantage reporting requirements for…

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