Frequently Asked Questions
A dental PPO is a formal agreement between a purchaser of a dental benefit program and a defined group of dentists for the delivery of dental services to a specific patient population, as an adjunct to a traditional plan, using discounted fees for cost savings. DenteMax can lease its dental PPO network, providing access to network dentists to your various group members with rates that are competitive and discounted from traditional dentist fees.
Most dentists are willing to accept PPO networks and participate in them as opposed to other options. According to the American Dental Association there are 181,709 professionally active dentists in the United States and 116,978 are participating in a dental PPOs. Dental PPO’s have gone from 39% to 74% from 2001 to 2010. This represents the largest plan type avaliable.
The dental insurance business offers excellent profit margins. It allows you to increase your foothold with the groups you represent by offering them additional product options. Additionally, with the current changes occurring in healthcare legislation with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many individuals will be exploring their healthcare options and potentially adding new benefits like dental insurance. Adding the DenteMax PPO network may provide an excellent opportunity to recapture or earn new business. DenteMax offers the largest leasable PPO network in the country with quality, credentialed dentists.
Yes. Usually implementation can occur fairly quickly. DenteMax provider and fee data is fairly simplistic and integrates well with most IT platforms.
The majority of dental benefits plans can be integrate in 60 days or less. DenteMax can also work with you to address any special requirements that you might have.
DenteMax offer a complete suite of reports and analytic tools free of charge. Please feel free to reach out to our account managers for advice in this process.
Analysis usually begins with identifying member access and disruption which involve claims and census data. Please feel free to reach out to our account managers for advice in this process.
This is something that needs to be considered since the filing process is a little more complex. Please feel free to reach out to our account managers for advice in this process.
The most important information a client partner can provide in a custom recruitment effort is a list of dentists the membership is using, with the dental office phone numbers. In addition, use of the group name in the recruitment effort increases the success rate of the overall campaign; dentists recognize group names and will join the network based on group name recognition. Please feel free to reach out to our account managers for advice in this process. One of DenteMax’s biggest advantages is our ability to customize and grow our network to meet your needs.
More than 132 million children and adults still lack dental benefits coverage that roughly 43% of the overall population.
NADP/DDPA Joint Dental Benefits Report: Enrollment, August 2012.
In 2008, Americans made about 500 million visits to the dentist, and an estimated $102 billion was spent on dental services.
CDC "Oral Health: Preventing Cavities, Gum Disease, and Tooth Loss," 2009.
Only four cents out of every dollar spent on health nationally is spent on dental - that's less than half of what is spent on prescription drugs.
National Health Expenditures Projections 2009-2019, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2009.
The Dental Insurance Market was valued at $38.6 billion in 2010.
2011 NADP/DDPA Enrollment Report and 2011 NADP Premium and Benefits Utilization Report
Although almost 85 percent of the total population have medical coverage, only 57 percent of the total population have dental coverage.
For every person without medical insurance, there are approximately 2.8 people without dental insurance.
NADP/DDPA Joint Dental Benefits Report: Enrollment, June 2009.
U.S. Census Bureau, "Income, Proverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States 2008," September 2009.
Dental Care
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Health, United States, 2008, With Special Feature on the Health of Young Adults," March 2009.
Eighty-one percent of individuals with dental benefits reported seeing a dentist twice a year or more, while only 34 percent of uninsured individuals reported the same frequency of seeking preventive care.
The Long Group Retail Dental Insurance Consumer Acceptance Survey, June 2009.
Dental PPO's have gone from 39% to 74% from 2001 to 2010. This represents the largest plan type avaliable.
2011 NADP/DDPA Enrollment Report
At the end of 2010, NADP found that most dentists are participating in dental plan provider networks. According to the American Dental Association there are 181,709 professionally active dentists in the United States and 116,978 are participating in a Dental PPO.
NADP 2011 State of the Dental Benefits Market
Did you know for every $1 spent on wellness programs, an employer can expect anywhere from $3 to $4.50 in return.
The Wellness Councils of America
Only 5.5% of in-network dental PPO enrolless reach their maxium.
NADP 2011 State of the Dental Benefits Market