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Racial disparities in oral healthcare in the United States: Considerations in the COVID-19 era
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Medicare Advantage dental utilization: A changing landscape
An analysis of changes in the national average utilization rates for dental services for 2021 through 2023
2023 Milliman Dental Actuarial Analytics Commercial PPO Network Study
We highlight some key definitions and our methodology.
Dental coverage in the individual market
Landscape of 2024 Federally Facilitated Marketplace dental offerings
Trends in Medicare Advantage dental utilization for beneficiaries with comprehensive dental coverage
We present some trends in Medicare Advantage dental utilization, based on an analysis of 1 million beneficiaries with comprehensive dental coverage.
Dental coverage in Medicare Advantage plans: Nationwide market landscape, 2023 update
As enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans with mandatory dental benefits continues to grow, we give an update for 2023 on the market and how it is changing.
Dental coverage in Medicare Advantage plans: Nationwide market landscape, 2022 update
This article reviews dental benefits provided within MA general enrollment plans using Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data, including trends in enrollment, benefits offered, and purchasing habits of beneficiaries.
Drilling down into your network: Where are all the dentists?
Adapting dental coverage to Medicare: Two strategies
Considerations for adding dental to Medicare Part B or as a separate Medicare Part.
Time for a check-up: The importance of periodically revisiting your employees’ dental benefits
Out of the portfolio of benefits offered by employers to employees and their families, dental insurance is one of the most highly valued benefits by workers: 61% of employees consider dental an important benefit.
COVID-19: Impact to dental industry stakeholders and 2020 claims experience
COVID-19 has lead to potential downward and upward pressures on dental claims for dental industry stakeholders, including dental care providers, consumers and dental insurance carriers.
Understanding dental costs and utilization in the Medicare Advantage population
This paper uses calendar year 2018 Medicare Advantage administrative claim data for enrollees aged 65 and older enrolled in plans with embedded dental coverage to determine the types of dental services used and the dental per member per month costs, as well as to study correlations between medical and dental utilization.
Critical Point Episode 18: Dental insurtech: Insurance trends for care and coverage
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Milliman acquires Dental Actuarial Analytics, expanding its dental consulting services to include competitive provider network assessments
Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the acquisition of Dental Actuarial Analytics, LLC (DAA), a Connecticut-based boutique actuarial consulting firm specializing in competitive assessments of insurers’ dental provider networks.