TDIC Visits WesternU for Bagel n' Learn

A sincere thank you to TDIC for visiting and bringing bagels for our D4 students!

CDA's New Sponsored Bill SB 1008

CDA is sponsoring SB 1008 by Senator Nancy Skinner to better inform consumers of what value a commercial dental plan provides and to ensure adequate value from these plans. We anticipate that the dental benefit plans will be pushing hard to oppose this measure. To counter them, we are asking CDA members to visit www.cda.org/sb1008 and fill out a form to submit a letter to their state senator supporting the legislation.

Specifically, SB 1008 would:

·        Require all commercial dental benefit plans to provide their beneficiaries with a uniform summary of benefits and coverage – showing how much the plan spends on patient care along with other plan details, including its limitations, exceptions and anticipated out-of-pocket costs for the patient.

·        Enact a “dental loss ratio” (DLR) standard, requiring dental plans to spend at least 70 percent of premium revenue on patient care (as opposed to administrative overhead costs).

Dental patients should know what they are buying and expect reasonable value. It’s time to give them more transparency and hold insurance companies accountable for how they are spending patient premium dollars. These consumer protections and transparency requirements exist for all medical insurance plans, but not commercial dental benefit plans. In fact, while all medical plans must spend at least 80 percent of all premium dollars on patient care, NO minimum requirement exists for commercial dental plans. As a result, one out of four dental plans in the state spends less than 50 percent of premium dollars on patient care, with some falling as low as 4 percent.

TDSC

Hello fellow dental students,

California Dental Association (CDA) always strives to be ahead of the trends and demands of our profession. Most recently, to generate strength in numbers for private practice owners, CDA has created The Dentist Service Company (TDSC). Similar to The Dentist Insurance Company (TDIC), TDSC is a subsidiary of CDA. The main goal of TDSC is to provide services such as private practice advising for human resources, marketing, supplies, and assistance in forming group practices. This allows our CDA members to continue to be competitive in our changing market.

Is private practice ownership something that interests you? Then TDSC is for you!

And this is why:

·       Online Marketplace

o   Similar to Amazon, one-stop shop!

o   25,000+ dental products with negotiated pricing for CDA members

o   Leverages the power of group purchasing

·       Human Resources

·       Specific training and expertise for practice advising

o   Scheduling, budgeting, hygiene, collections, etc

·       Grows your patient base in a competitive market

o   Market research

o   Marketing through an online presence

o   Internal marketing through staff training

TDSC is a contract based service with members who elect to participate. Members are able to pick and choose a plan unique to their office after meeting with a TDSC consultant.

TDSC was created as a response to members’ strong interest in creating a service company to help CDA members continue to be successful in an era when there are large corporate and group practices that have had a competitive edge with the same practice resources through their company. This ensures all clinical-care and practice ownership can still remain with dentists in California for years to come.

Want to learn more?  No problem.

Contact any of your CDA representatives!

-D