State Departments of Insurance
Listed below are the contact names, telephone numbers, and addresses for each State Department of Insurance:
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Office: 816.842.3600
Headquarters: Fax: 816.783.8175
2301 McGee Street, Suite 800
Kansas City, MO 64108-2662
Alabama
Jim L. Ridling, Commissioner Office: 334.269.3550
Alabama Department of Insurance Fax: 334.241.4192
201 Monroe Street, Suite 502 800.433.3966 (State Only)
Montgomery, AL 36104
Alaska
Linda Hall, Director Office: 907.269.7900
Robert B. Atwood Building Fax: 907.269.7910
550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1560 800.467.8725 (State Only)
Anchorage, AK 99501-3567
Arizona
Christina Urias, Director Office: 602.364.2499
Arizona Department of Insurance Fax: 602.364.2505
2910 North 44th Street, Suite 210
Phoenix, AZ 85018-7256
Arkansas
Jay Bradford, Commissioner Office: 501.371.2600
Arkansas Department of Insurance Fax: 501.371.2618
1200 West 3rd Street 800.852.5494 (Consumers)
Little Rock, AR 72201-1904 800.282.9134 (Toll-Free)
800.224.6330 (Seniors Only)
California
Steve Poizner, Commissioner Office: 916.492.3500
California Department of Insurance Fax: 916.445.6552
300 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700 800.927.4357 (State Only)
Sacramento, CA 95814
State of California Office: 415.538.4010
Legal Division
45 Fremont Street, 23rd Floor Fax: 415.904.5889
San Francisco, CA 94105
Consumer Services Division
300 South Spring Street, South Tower Office: 213.897.8921
Los Angeles, CA 90013 800.927.4357 (State Only)
Colorado
Mary Morrison, Commissioner Office: 303.894.7499
Colorado Division of Insurance Fax: 303.894.7455
1560 Broadway, Suite 850 800.930.3745 (State Only)
Denver, CO 80202
Connecticut
Thomas R. Sullivan, Commissioner Office: 860.297.3800
Connecticut Department of Insurance Fax: 860.566.7410
P.O. Box 816 800.203.3447 (State Only)
Hartford, CT 06142-0816
153 Market Street, 7th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
Delaware
Karen Weldin Stewart, Commissioner Office: 302.674.7310
Delaware Department of Insurance Fax: 302.739.5280
Rodney Building 800.282.8611 (State Only)
841 Silver Lake Boulevard
Dover, DE 19904
District of Columbia
Gennet Purcell, Esq., Acting Commissioner Office: 202.727.8000
Department of Insurance, Securities & Banking Fax: 202.535.1196
Government of the District of Columbia
810 First Street, N.E., Suite 701
Washington, DC 20002
Florida
Kevin McCarty, Commissioner Office: 850.413.5914
Office of Insurance Regulation Fax: 850.488.3334
The Larson Building 800.342.2762 (Helpline)
200 East Gaines Street, Room 101A
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0301
Georgia
John Oxendine, Commissioner Office: 404.656.2070
Georgia Department of Insurance Fax: 404.657.8542
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive 800.656.2298 (State Only)
West Tower, 704
Atlanta, GA 30334
Hawaii
Gordon Ito, Commissioner Office: 808.586.2790
Hawaii Insurance Division Fax: 808.586.2806
Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs
P.O. Box 3614
Honolulu, HI 96811-3614
335 Merchant Street, Room 213
Honolulu, HI 96813
Idaho
William Deal, Director Office: 208.334.4250
Idaho Department of Insurance Fax: 208.334.4398
700 West State Street, 3rd Floor 800.721.3272 (State Only)
Boise, ID 83720-0043
Illinois
Michael McRaith, Director of Insurance Office: 217.785.4515
Illinois Department of Insurance Fax: 217.782.5020
320 West Washington Street, 4th Floor 877.527.9431 (Toll-Free)
Springfield, IL 62767-0001
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 9-301 Office: 312.814.2420
Chicago, IL 60601-3395 Fax: 312.814.5416
Indiana
Carol Cutter, Commissioner Office: 317.232.2385
Indiana Department of Insurance Fax: 317.232.5251
311 West Washington Street, Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2787
Iowa
Susan Voss, Commissioner Office: 515.281.5705
Iowa Insurance Division Fax: 515.281.3059
330 East Maple Street 877.955.1212 (State Only)
Des Moines, IA 50319
Kansas
Sandy Praeger, Commissioner Office: 785.296.3071
Kansas Insurance Department Fax: 785.296.7805
420 S.W. 9th Street 800.432.2484 (State Only)
Topeka, KS 66612-1678
Kentucky
Sharon P. Clark, Commissioner Office: 502.564.3630
Kentucky Office of Insurance Fax: 502.564.1453
P.O. Box 517 800.595.6053 (State Only)
Frankfort, KY 40602-0517 800.648.6056 (TTY)
215 West Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Louisiana
James J. Donelon, Commissioner Office: 225.342.5900
Louisiana Department of Insurance Fax: 225.342.8622
Attn: Chad Brown 800.259.5300 (State Only)
P.O. Box 94214 800.259.5301 (State Only)
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9214
1702 North 3
rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Maine
Mila Kofman, Superintendent Office: 207.624.8475
Maine Bureau of Insurance Fax: 207.624.8599
Department of Professional & Financial Regulations 800.300.5000 (State Only)
State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0034
76 Northern Avenue
Gardiner, ME 04345
Maryland
Elizabeth Sammis, Commissioner Office: 410.468.2090
Maryland Insurance Administration Fax: 410.468.2020
200 St. Paul Place, Suite 2700 800.492.6116 (Toll Free)
Baltimore, MD 21202-2272 800.846.4069 (Fraud)
800.735.2258 (TTY)
Massachusetts
Joseph G. Murphy, Commissioner Office: 617.521.7794
Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs Fax: 617.753.6830
& Business Regulation Division of Insurance 617.521.7794 (Hotline)
1000 Washington St., 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02118-2218
Michigan
Ken Ross, Commissioner Office: 517.373.0220
State of Michigan Fax: 517.335.4978
Office of Financial & Insurance Services 877.999.6442 (Toll-Free)
Attn: Office of the Commissioner
P.O. Box 30220
Lansing, MI 48909
Ottawa Building, 4th Floor
611 West Ottawa
Lansing, MI 48913
Minnesota
Glenn Wilson, Commissioner Office: 651.296.4026
Minnesota Department of Commerce Fax: 651.282.2568
85 7th Place East, Suite 500
St. Paul, MN 55101-2198
Mississippi
Mike Chaney, Commissioner Office: 601.359.3569
Mississippi Insurance Department Fax: 601.359.2543
P.O. Box 79 800.562.2957 (State Only)
Jackson, MS 39205
1001 Woolfolk State Office Building
501 North West Street
Jackson, MS 39201
Missouri
John M. Huff, Director Office: 573.751.4126
Missouri Department of Insurance Fax: 573.751.1165
301 West High Street, Suite 530 800.726.7390 (State Only)
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Montana
Monica J. Lindeen, Commissioner Office: 406.444.3497
Montana Department of Insurance Fax: 406.444.1980
840 Helena Avenue 800.332.6148 (State Only)
Helena, MT 59601
Nebraska
Ann M. Frohman, Director Office: 402.471.2201
Nebraska Department of Insurance Fax: 402.471.4610
Terminal Building, Suite 400 877.564.7323 (State Only)
941 O Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Nevada
Brett J. Barratt, Commissioner Office: 775.687.4270
Nevada Division of Insurance Fax: 775.687.3937
788 Fairview Drive, Suite 300 800.992.0900 (State Only)
Carson City, NV 89701-5753 888.872.3234 (Health
Complaints-State Only)
New Hampshire
Roger A. Sevigny, Commissioner Office: 603.271.2261
New Hampshire Insurance Department Fax: 603.271.1406
21 South Fruit Street, Suite 14 800.852.3416 (Toll-Free)
Concord, NH 03301
New Jersey
Thomas B. Considine, Commissioner Office: 609.292.7272
New Jersey Department of Insurance Fax: 609.777.0508
20 West State Street, PO Box 325 800.446.7467 (Toll-Free)
Trenton, NJ 08625
New Mexico
John G. Franchine, Superintendent Office: 505.827.4601
New Mexico Department of Insurance Fax: 505.476.0326
P.O. Drawer 1269 800.427.4722 (State Only)
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1269
PERA Building
1120 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501
New York
James J. Wrynn, Superintendent Office: 212.480.6400
New York State Insurance Department Fax: 212.480.2310
25 Beaver Street 800.342.3736 (Toll-Free)
New York, NY 10004-2319 888.372.8369 (Fraud)
New York Department of Insurance Office: 518.474.6600
One Commerce Plaza, Suite 1700 Fax: 518.473.4139
Albany, NY 12257
North Carolina
Wayne Goodwin, Commissioner Office: 919.733.3058
North Carolina Department of Insurance Fax; 919.733.6495
1201 Mail Service Center 800.546.5664 (State Only)
Raleigh, NC 27699-1201
Dobbs Building
430 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
North Dakota
Adam Hamm, Commissioner Office: 701.328.2440
North Dakota Department of Insurance Fax: 701.328.4880
600 East Boulevard Ave., 5th Floor 800.247.0560 (State Only)
Bismarck, ND 58505-0320
Ohio
Mary Jo Hudson, Director Office: 614.644.2658
Ohio Department of Insurance Fax: 614.644.3743
50 West Town Street Third Floor, Suite 300 800.686.1526 (Toll-Free)
Columbus, OH 43215-1067 800.686.1527 (Fraud)
800.891.5318 (CE)
800.686.1578 (OHIIP)
Oklahoma
Kim Holland, Commissioner Office: 405.521.2828
Oklahoma Department of Insurance Fax: 405.521.6635
Five Corporate Plaza 800.522.0071 (State Only)
3625 NW 56th, Suite 100
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
Oregon
Teresa D. Miller, Insurance Administrator Office: 503.947.7980
Oregon Insurance Division Fax: 503.378.4351
P.O. Box 14480 888.877.4894 (State Only)
Salem, OR 97309-0405
350 Winter Street NE
Salem, OR 97301-3883
Pennsylvania
Joel Ario, Commissioner Office: 717.783.0442
Pennsylvania Insurance Department Fax: 717.772.1969
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 877.881.6388 (Consumer)
1326 Strawberry Square, 13th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Puerto Rico
Ramon Cruz Colon, Commissioner Office: 787.722.8686
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance Fax: 787.273.6082
B5 Calle Tabonuco St.
Suite 216 PMB 356
Guaynabo, PR 00968-3029
Rhode Island
Joseph Torti, III, Deputy Director and Superintendent Office: 401.222.5466
of Insurance Fax: 401.222.5475
Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation
Insurance Division
1511 Pontiac Avenue, Bldg 69-2
Cranston, RI 02920
South Carolina
Scott H. Richardson, Director Office: 803.737.6180
South Carolina Department of Insurance Fax: 803.737.6205
P.O. Box 100105 800.768.3467 (State Only)
Columbia, SC 29202-3105
300 Arbor Lake Drive, Suite 1200
Columbia, SC 29223
South Dakota
Merle Scheiber, Director Office: 605.773.3563
South Dakota Division of Insurance Fax: 605.773.5369
Department of Revenue & Regulation
445 East Capitol Avenue, 1st Floor
Pierre, SD 57501-3185
Tennessee
Leslie Newman, Commissioner Office: 615.741.2218
Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance Fax: 615.532.6934
Davy Crockett Tower, 5th Floor 800.342.4029 (State Only)
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0565
Texas
Mike Geeslin, Commissioner Office: 512.463.6169
Texas Department of Insurance Fax: 512.475.2005
P.O. Box 149104 800.578.4677 (State Only)
Austin, TX 78714-9104
333 Guadalupe Street
Austin, TX 78701
Utah
Neal T. Gooch, Commissioner Office: 801.538.3800
Utah Department of Insurance Fax: 801.538.3829
3110 State Office Building 800.439.3805 (State Only)
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6901
Vermont
Mike Bertrand, Commissioner Office: 802.828.3301
Vermont Division of Insurance Fax: 802.828.3306
Department of Banking, Insurance & Securities 800.964.1784 (State Only)
89 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05620-3101
Virginia
Alfred W. Gross, Commissioner Office: 804.371.9741
State Corporation Commission
Bureau of Insurance 800.552.7945 (State Only)
Commonwealth of Virginia 877.310.6560 (Ombudsman
P.O. Box 1157 and Consumer Services—
Richmond, VA 23218 Out-of-State)
Virginia Bureau of Insurance
State Corporation Commission
1300 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Virgin Islands
Gregory R. Francis Office: 340.774.7166
Lieutenant Governor/Commissioner Fax: 340.774.9458
#18 Kongens Gade
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI 00802-6487
Division of Banking & Insurance Office: 340.773.6459
1131 King Street, Suite 101 Fax: 340.719.3801
Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00820
Washington
Mike Kreidler, Commissioner Office; 360.725.7000
Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner Fax: 360.586.2018
P.O. Box 40256 800.562.6900 (State Only)
Olympia, WA 98504-0256
Washington State Office of Insurance
Insurance 5000 Building
5000 Capitol Way Blvd., SE
Tumwater, WA 98501
West Virginia
Jane L. Cline, Commissioner Office: 304.558.3354
West Virginia Department of Insurance Fax: 304.558.4965
P.O. Box 50540 888.879.9842 (Consumer
Charleston WV 25305-0540 Service Division-State Only)
State of West Virginia
1124 Smith Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Wisconsin
Sean Dilweg, Commissioner Office: 608.266.3585
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance Fax: 608.266.9935
State of Wisconsin 800.236.8517 (State Only)
P.O. Box 7873
Madison, WI 53707-7873
125 South Webster Street
Madison, WI 53703-3474
Wyoming
Ken Vines, Commissioner Office: 307.777.7401
Wyoming Department of Insurance Fax: 307.777.2446
106 East 6th Avenue 800.438.5768 (State Only)
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0440
American Samoa
Aoomalo Manupo Turituri, Commissioner Office: 684.633.4116
Office of the Governor Fax: 684.633.2269
American Samoa Government
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Guam
John P. Camacho, Banking and Insurance Commissioner Office: 671.635.1817
Department of Revenue & Taxation Regulatory Division Fax: 671.472.2643
P.O. Box 23607
Barrigada, Guam 96921
Building 13-3, 1st Floor
Mariner Avenue
Tiyan, Barrigada, Guam 96913
Mariana Islands
Michael Ada, Commissioner Office: 670.664.3064
Commonwealth of the N. Mariana Islands
Department of Commerce
Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Caller Box 10007 CK
Saipan, MP 96950
*Source: Home page of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (accessed August 30, 2010)
MedWatch:
The Food and Drug Administration’s MedWatch program was formally launched in June 1993. It solicits reports from health professionals about serious and adverse events that occur through the use of medical devices, prescription and over-the-counter drugs and other FDA-regulated products. The agency defines an adverse event as “any undesirable experience associated with the use of a medical product in a patient” and considers an event to be serious when the outcome is: death, congenital anomaly, or requires intervention to prevent permanent impairment or damage. Reports to MedWatch are confidential, and health care providers are not required to present proof when reporting an adverse incident or problem product.
The AGD has joined the ADA, American Medical Association, and more than 50 other organizations as an FDA MedWatch Partner. As a MedWatch Partner, we inform our members about this program and to motivate them to play a role in postmarket surveillance.
As of February 1994, 65 percent of all MedWatch reports were about an adverse drug event, 20 percent regarded medical devices, 11
percent a drug quality problem, four percent were biologic and one percent related to food. One percent of all individuals reporting to MedWatch were dentists.
You may request a form for reporting adverse events by either mail or fax to:
MedWatch Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane, HFD-200 5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857 Rockville, MD 20857-0001
800.332.1088 888.463.6332
Fax: 800.332.0178 www.fda.gov
www.fda.gov/medwatch/report/hcp.htm
Federal Agency Contact Names and Addresses:
Because of the active role that the AGD is taking in access to care issues, a constituent president may need to make contact with representatives of HHS agencies. To maintain open lines of communications, we must know how to contact our counterparts in other professional associations and government agencies. A list of the HHS agencies and their missions.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Division of Oral Health—The CDC is the federal agency with primary responsibility for community-based programs aimed at preventing oral disease and promoting oral health, and for applied research to enhance oral disease prevention. The DOH takes the lead for these activities through four main approaches:
monitoring oral diseases, promoting effective prevention strategies, building capacity within state and local health infrastructures, and guiding infection control in dentistry.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)—administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which provide health care to America’s aged and indigent populations, about one in every four Americans, including nearly 18 million children and nursing home coverage for low-income elderly. The CMS also administers the new Children’s Health Insurance Program through approved state plans that cover more than 2.2 million children.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) helps provide health resources for medically underserved populations. HRSA supports a nationwide network of 643 community and migrant health centers, and 144 primary care programs for the homeless and residents of public housing, serving 8.1 million Americans each year. HRSA also works to build the health care workforce and maintains the National Health Service Corps, oversees the nation’s
organ transplantation system, works to decrease infant mortality and improve child health and provides services to people with AIDS through the Ryan White CARE Act programs.
National Institutes of Health—National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH/NIDCR)—The mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is to the promote the general health of the American people by improving their oral, dental and craniofacial health. Through nurturing fundamental research and the development of researchers, the NIDCR aims to promote health, to prevent diseases and conditions, and to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics. Knowledge acquisition through science and effective and efficient science transfer are the means used to contribute to improved quality of health.
Interprofessional Relations:
As access to care issues emerge at the forefront, many organizations other than the AGD will be involved in alleviating lapses in patient care. Recent legislative actions are opening caries prevention modalities that once were the sole purview of dentistry. Some states are allowing compensation by Medicaid for fluoride varnishes placed by pediatricians. Other states are expanding the role of dental auxiliaries by loosening the supervision requirements by dentists. A partial listing of professional contacts follows:
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)—The mission of the AAP is to attain optimal physical, mental, and social health and well being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. To this purpose, the AAP and its members dedicate their efforts and resources.
The American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Boulevard
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098
847.434.4000
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American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)—The AAPD is dedicated to improving and maintaining the oral health of infants, children, adolescents, and persons with special health care needs.
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
211 East Chicago Avenue, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60611-2637
312.337.2169
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The American Dental Association (ADA)—The ADA is the professional association of dentists committed to the public’s oral health, ethics, science and professional advancement; leading a unified profession through initiatives in advocacy, education, research, and the development of standards.
American Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312.440.2500
Emergency Preparedness:
In light of the occurrences of September 11, 2001, dental organizations and individual dentists have become more interested in the field of emergency preparedness. With proper training, dentists can be valuable adjuncts in emergency medical care, mass casualty management, forensic identification of victims, or many other fields.
Constituents can organize and offer emergency preparedness training sessions. Individual dentists can become involved in local and national efforts. Again, using the Internet, many valuable sources for information on emergency preparedness can be found by going to a web browser as above and typing “Emergency Preparedness.”
Examples of some Web sites found are listed as follows:
http://www.phe.gov/preparedness/pages/default.aspx - Home page of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP)
http://www.fema.gov/ —Home page of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/ —CDC page for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
In addition, many state and local groups have Web sites to be explored. Involvement of constituents or individual members is limited only by comfort levels and depth of training.