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To add value to Associate memberships, the NADP Board of Directors recently approved creation of the DSO Advisory Council.

As a service to our members and the dental benefits industry, NADP annually collects information from member plans about their participation in the federal healthcare marketplace.

On April 14 the Small Business Administration (SBA) released a supplemental final rule providing significant clarification on how small businesses determine their maximum loan eligibility and the threshold under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) – a program that provides small businesses with loans of up to $10 million to cover costs during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. Through the new clarifications, NADP has determined that dental benefits premiums paid by employers would be considered part of “payroll costs” in the PPP and therefore count towards the 75% threshold for loan forgiveness.

On June 25, CMS released an update on their Oral Health Initiative, which sets goals for children’s preventive dental utilization in Medicaid as well as highlighting “promising state practices” for oral health

On Aug. 14, member plan delegates received the initial slate of nominees for the NADP Board of Directors. The slate was developed by the 2020 Nominating Committee, which considered all the criteria for evaluation of nominees, including: geography, company size, association involvement and other factors, i.e. single markets, multi-state plans and form of ownership.

As the representative and recognized voice of the dental benefits industry, NADP advanced your positions among key stakeholders and the media throughout the year. The association also celebrated a key milestone.

On Feb. 10, NADP joined a coalition of nearly 90 companies and organizations including public-and private-sector employers, nonprofits, chambers of commerce, patient advocacy groups, insurers, hospitals, brokers, church plans, unions, and multinational companies in the letter to congressional leaders asking them to include COBRA funding in the next COVID-19 relief package.

Kick-start your day Wednesday, Sept. 22 at CONVERGE in New Orleans with an early morning workout consisting of yoga and core exercises! This 60-minute workout is a great way to help get your blood pumping and start the day off with a bang with this beginner friendly event.

In prior years, the NADP Consumer Tracking Survey was a sponsored project. Beginning with this year’s effort, the Board of Directors has agreed to fund the project to make the results more widely available to all members. To that end the Research Commission is seeking volunteers to form the Consumer Tracking Study Task Force.

MonthlyByte     Jan. 2020   NADP Welcomes Teresa Cagnolatti as Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs Teresa Cagnolatti began her career in Washington D.C. as a health policy analyst…