Earlier this year, a timely article in Benefits Canada suggested that Aon plc had forecasted an increase in employer-sponsored medical benefits of 7.5% in 2023. At that same time plan sponsors had just been jolted by the release of a similar (8.5%) Ontario Dental Association fee guide increase for 2023. These were disconcerting figures, as health and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
