The Financial Operations and Premium Report is a new report for NADP combining data from two prior reports.  

This report includes

• national trends in In-force premium for DHMO, DPPO and Dental Indemnity products by group size and for individual products
• average in-force premium by state and by product type by group size and for individual products
• distribution of premium collected to several broad financial categories including administration, provider payments, taxes, commissions and profit/loss by product type and by group size.

This report serves as a primer for understanding the dental benefits market by highlighting key trends in enrollment, premiums, claims processing metrics, customer service metrics and employer and consumer opinion.

In addition to summarizing key trends in the industry, NADP offers its opinion on what to expect in the year to come from an economic and public policy perspectives.

The State of the Dental Benefits Market Report utilizes data from NADP's Statistical Reports and from other research conducted throughout the prior year.

Please contact Jerry Berggren, Director of Research, with any questions about this report: jberggren@nadp.org

In addition to the number of providers participating on a network (DHMO and DPPO) by specialty and by state and MSA, this report includes results from our survey on the operational aspects of managing and maintaining a provider network. Among the topics to be covered in the survey are Narrow Networks, Credentialing, Contracting, Directory Management, Staffing, and Provider Payments and Discount levels. Includes two files: a report of survey results and network statistics and a spreadsheet that includes the counts of dentists participating on networks.

In 2005 LIMRA International and NADP conducted their first annual joint research study to survey group dental carriers' contact center and claims processing performance. This report, the ninth in the series, provides dental carriers with an industry-specific performance benchmark for customer contact center performance.

For questions, please contact Jerry Berggren, NADP Director of Research & Information

To provide current information about the prevalence of dental benefits in the population of the United States, the National Association of Dental Plans conducts an annual survey of its membership and other dental benefit providers. The NADP has been collecting this information since 1994 and the findings in this report draw on this history. This report contains specific information on Dental HMO, Dental PPO, dental Indemnity, and Discount Dental enrollment at the national and state level and Direct Reimbursement and publicly funded benefits at the national level.

While national and state information is provided in this report, no company specific data is reported. Company specific information along with states of operation can be found in NADP's Member Directory.

NADP's mission is to promote and advance the dental benefits industry to improve consumer access to affordable, quality dental care. For more information regarding this report please contact Jerry Berggren, Director of Research and Information, by calling 972.458.6998 x 113

In 2005 LIMRA International and NADP conducted their first annual joint research study to survey group dental carriers' contact center and claims processing performance. This report, the ninth in the series, provides dental carriers with an industry-specific performance benchmark for customer contact center performance.Full Voting Member:

This report serves as a primer for understanding the dental benefits market by highlighting key trends in enrollment, premiums, claims processing metrics, customer service metrics and employer and consumer opinion.

In addition to summarizing key trends in the industry, NADP offers its opinion on what to expect in the year to come from an economic and public policy perspectives.

The State of the Dental Benefits Market Report utilizes data from NADP's Statistical Reports and from other research conducted throughout the prior year.

Please contact Jerry Berggren, Director of Research, with any questions about this report: jberggren@nadp.org