Senators Introduce Oral Health for Moms Act

…including: Diagnostic and preventative care Basic Services including fillings, extractions Major dental services including root canals, crowns, and dentures Emergency dental care “Other necessary services related to dental and oral…

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NADP Call with CCIIO

…Maximum Out-of-Pocket (MOOP) Inflation Adjustment– The group reviewed a DDPA proposal to index the dental MOOP to changes in the cost of dental services; CCIIO requested NADP’s opinion on the…

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February is Children’s Dental Health Month: Gum Disease Affects Kids Too

CAMP HILL, Pa. (Feb. 9, 2023) – Gum disease doesn’t only affect adults – children can develop it too. During Children’s Dental Health Month, United Concordia Dental reminds parents and…

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HHS Research Department Highlights Dental in Medicaid Expansion Report

…25 percent in 2014 post Medicaid expansion.2 (page 7) 1“Medicaid Adult Dental Coverage,” NASHP, April 2015, http://www.nashp.org/map-of-current-adultdental-coverage/. 2Kamyar Nasseh, Tom Wall, and Marko Vujicic, “Cost Barriers to Dental Care Continue…

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NADP Foundation Report: Addressing Retiree Oral Health Needs. An analysis of current dental coverage and recommendations for expanded coverage

…55 have dental coverage through public programs, while 31% have private dental insurance through employer-sponsored insurance, Medigap, or a stand-alone dental plan suggesting that approximately 31 million (31%) individuals aged…

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NADP Obtains Clarification on Small Business Funding for Dental Benefits

…that 80% of those employers that offer private dental coverage share the cost of dental premiums with their employees and reminded SBA of the important role that dental plays in…

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2023 Research Wrap-Up

…NADP Dental Benefits Report: Network Administration & Network Statistics & Supplemental tables (published December 2023) NADP Dental Benefits Report: 2022 Premium (published June 2023) 2022 NADP Benefit Utilization Report (published…

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Strategic Dental Announces the Launch of Strategic32 Fee Analysis for Dentists.

…Park, Kansas, Strategic Dental provides operations and executive consulting services customized specifically for businesses across the dental industry. Learn more online at www.strategicdental.com. Follow Strategic Dental on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/strategicdental.

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Terminology Talk: SNOMED CT 101

…Medicine – Clinical Terms. It is a standardized, international, multilingual core set of clinical healthcare terminology that can be used in electronic health records (EHRs). SNOMED International is the non-profit…

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NADP On The Move

…Mike Adelberg, Government Relations Director Owen Urech and State Affairs Manager Bianca Balale represented the dental benefits industry during the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Virtual Zoom Meeting Jan….

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