Mar 18, 2022
With Delta Dental, your clients can rely on comprehensive, high-quality oral health care. Delta Dental has built the largest dentist network in the country to ensure that your clients can always find a quality dentist they trust while enjoying substantial in-network savings. That’s not the only advantage their network offers your clients.
Objective ratings help your clients select a dentist.
For your clients to take full advantage of their dental benefits, they need to feel confident in choosing a dentist who meets their unique needs. To help, Delta Dental has tried to take the guesswork out of finding great dental care.
Their online dentist directory features quality ratings for Delta Dental PPO™, Delta Dental Premier® and select DeltaCare® USA dentists. Developed by a neutral third party, DentaQual ratings evaluate dentists on these criteria:
- Procedure success rate measures treatment success rate, including the likelihood of repeat procedures and post-treatment problems.
- Commitment to best practices evaluates how well a dentist follows established standards and treatment methods.
- Value compares the type and number of prescribed treatments and the average cost per patient.
- Patient retention compares the degree of patient retention and loyalty.
- Treatment recommendations compares how a dentist recommends treatment in comparison to dentists in their geographic area and specialty.
DentaQual compares each dentist’s scores to the average scores of their peers to generate an overall rating. And DentaQual automatically refreshes scores each month, so your clients will know that their dentist’s rating is always current.
Member input makes our network stronger
Members’ opinions matter to Delta Dental. That’s why they pair DentaQual ratings with Yelp ratings from actual patients to give members an extra level of confidence when choosing a dentist. Delta Dental even asks members to recommend great dentists who aren’t in-network so that they can consider network expansions.
Member satisfaction was the main objective in creating their network. In fact, in 2020, 98% of members said they were satisfied with their dentist and the quality of the care they received.
A proprietary dentist networks offers your clients unique advantages
Delta Dental built their own network. Of course, you might ask yourself why the network matters as long as your clients have access to dental care. It’s because your clients will enjoy several distinct advantages with Delta Dental’s networks:
- Quality. Delta Dental has direct contracts and relationships with dentists and hold each to consistently high standards. In a leased network, carriers may not have relationship with dentists, and dentist credentialing may be inconsistent.
- Size. You can count on our network size to be accurate; they update our directory daily. Since they have relationships with dentists, turnover is low.
- Value. Delta Dental's networks offer predictable, consistent fees.
The largest network in the nation means your clients save
A large network means it’s easy for your clients to stay in network, which translates to lower costs. Delta Dental Premier network is the largest in the nation, based on total unique dentists, according to Zelis Network360’s September 2021 report.
Contact your Amwins Connect Regional Sales Manager to learn more about the Delta Dental's network and to help your groups select a Delta Dental plan that can support their overall needs.
