Yesterday, Sun Life was the first Insurer to announce that because of plan members inability to access Dental claims given COVID-19 mandated shutdowns of dental practices (and a subsequent move to emergency only services) that they were refunding their (non-refund/non self-funded) dental plans with a 50% premium credit retroactive to April. This billing premium credit [...]
Employee benefit plan sponsors will note that with each renewal, their Provider will assign a trend/inflation increase to their dental renewal rates for the upcoming period. Dental trend is broken down into two components; one being utilization, whereby there is an expectation of increased usage of the plan as members become more aware of their dental benefits and suppliers [...]
Most provincial and territorial dental associations release their annual dental fee guides at this time of the year. Typically, there is an overall increase for dental services provided by general practitioners. Insurers use the information contained in the provincial/territorial fee guides to establish reimbursement levels for the dental services members receive and to ensure that fees are [...]
Suggested Dental Fee Guide Increases for 2015 It’s that time of year when most provincial and territorial dental associations’ release their annual dental fee guides. Typically, there is an overall increase for dental services provided by general practitioners. We use the information contained in the dental fee guides to establish reimbursement levels for the dental [...]
The Ontario Dental Association Fee Guide releases the new rates that members of their Association are encouraged to charge. The overall increase for 2012 is 2.54%. Typically, there is an increase across the board for dental services performed by general practitioners. The increase is a weighted average, which is based on the frequency of procedures occurring in [...]
