Reasons To Join Delta Dental
Grow your practice with access to more than 54 million patients nationwide
We offer competitive compensation through several networks.
A Dentistry-Focused Leader
- With 206,736 dentist locations nationwide, Delta Dental Plans Association member companies work with dentists more frequently than all other carriers combined and is the brand dentists think of first.1
- For more than 50 years, Delta Dental has focused primarily on dental coverage unlike other multi-product carriers.
- Dentists view Delta Dental as a superior carrier with demonstrated strengths in reliability and responsiveness.1
Exposure To An Extensive, Stable Pool Of Patients
- Our enterprise underwrites or administers dental benefits coverage to 25 million enrollees in commercial and government plans.2 54 million enrollees are covered by Delta Dental member companies nationwide.
- Demand for Delta Dental plans is strong. Our enrollee retention rate is 97%.2
- Our benefit plans offer patient incentives to visit Delta Dental dentists.
Simplified Paperwork
- Delta Dental offers electronic claims submission through a clearinghouse or your practice management software.
- For your Delta Dental of California patients, we also offer free web claims submission.
- Benefits and eligibility information are conveniently available in a variety of channels: online, fax or phone in English or Spanish.
Direct Fast Payments
- Delta Dental reimburses you directly, allowing you to improve your cash flow and payment turn-around.
- Expect quick payment. We print and mail checks weekly.
Helpful Professional Support
- Our Professional Relations representatives are available to visit your practice to provide guidance.
- Delta Dental provides free continuing education courses to you and your staff.
- Decisions about claims requiring professional opinions are made by licensed dentists who serve as consultants to Delta Dental.
- Delta Dental sends a free newsletter with policy updates, dental health articles suitable to share with patients, and quality improvement information to all contracting dentists.
- Delta Dental's pre-treatment estimate service includes a dentist consultant's review and benefits estimate of the proposed treatment plan, which helps your patients effectively plan ahead for major dental care.
- 1Source: The Long Group (2008) The Long Group conducted random eight-minute telephone interviews with employee benefits decision-makers at businesses with 100 or more employees, employed consumers ages 25 to 55, producers and practicing dentists all within the 25 largest dental benefits states.
- 2Delta Dental Enrollment Statistics as of Dec. 31, 2008.
