Reprinted from Benefits By Design (BBD) blog/website dated April 19, 2022 Dental fee guides were created to help Canadians across the country have access to reasonably and competitively priced dental services. They influence employee benefits plans by helping to shape how much insurers will reimburse plan members for services. They also have an impact on [...]
In 2020, plan sponsors benefited from Covid-19 induced reductions in dental claims, that because of closed dental offices during the initial pandemic closures, resulted in an overall reduction of some -10% to -15% in claims activity. So, in 2021, the Canadian Dental Association is doing its best to help offset some of that lost revenue [...]
Employee benefit plan sponsors will note that with each renewal, their Provider will assign a trend/inflation increase to their dental renewal rates for the upcoming period. Dental trend is broken down into two components; one being utilization, whereby there is an expectation of increased usage of the plan as members become more aware of their dental benefits and suppliers [...]
Most provincial and territorial dental associations release their annual dental fee guides at this time of the year. Typically, there is an overall increase for dental services provided by general practitioners. Insurers use the information contained in the provincial/territorial fee guides to establish reimbursement levels for the dental services members receive and to ensure that fees are [...]
