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Dental Actuarial Analytics (DAA)

Actionable insights for your dental network competitiveness

Dental Actuarial Analytics (DAA)

The challenge

Insurers need insights on Dental PPO network strength to maximize competitiveness

To optimize business results, you need to understand your dental provider network’s positioning relative to competitors. Comparative discount and depth benchmarking provides actionable insights to improve results for provider contracting and product pricing.

The solution

Join industry leaders in a blinded annual study and receive highly actionable statistics

Participate in the Dental Actuarial Analytics (DAA) study to get detailed, market-level provider network statistics that help you understand competitive positioning. Originating in 2005 and acquired by Milliman in 2020, this long-trusted report analyzes carrier-submitted claims data, providing blinded, competitor-level market insights on discounts.

BENEFITS

Milliman Dental Actuarial Analytics benefits

Improve overall performance

Get real-world insights to support optimal network development, pricing, underwriting, product development, and marketing.

Address your unique challenges

Prioritize network considerations that are most important to you and your members with customizable reports. A range of report packages is offered, with all packages including granular geographic detail. Ad hoc reports are also available.

Receive sound analysis from subject matter experts

Build on the proven leadership and commitment to rigor and quality of Milliman’s dental actuarial consulting team.

FEATURES

Milliman Dental Actuarial Analytics features

Granular, actionable data

View detailed discount reports categorized by geographic region, general dentist vs. specialist, class of service, procedure type, and more.

Critical mass for dental competitive insights

Collaborate with more than 75% of the dental insurance industry participating in the annual study. The most recent study included data on almost 420 million dental procedures and over $60B in submitted charges.

Stellar industry reputation

Trust Milliman’s independent dental experts to maintain the integrity of DAA and to build on this well-respected product. Milliman is committed to improving the product over time using our unique tools, data, and expertise.

INSIGHT

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ARTICLE

4 reasons to give your dental rate development process a checkup

We offer dental insurers four reasons to take another look at their rating processes and controls.

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RESEARCH REPORT

2024 Milliman Dental Actuarial Analytics Commercial PPO Network Study

We present the framework for the 2024 Milliman Dental Actuarial Analytics Commercial PPO Network Study.

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SURVEY

Milliman Dental Survey

Milliman released its fifth Dental Survey premium report in December 2024. This report represents 33 carriers and $17.7 billion of inforce premium.

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WHITE PAPER

Dental coverage in the individual market

We present the landscape of 2024 dental offerings on the Federally Facilitated Marketplace, a platform under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Article

Drilling down into your network: Where are all the dentists?

Network size alone may not be telling the whole story when it comes to employee access to dental providers.

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