DenteMax Announces Medicare Dental PPO Network

SOUTHFIELD, July 21, 2010 – DenteMax, the nation’s largest seamless dental PPO network, now also offers the largest seamless network approved for Medicare dental benefits. The new network provides access to more than 65,000 approved dentist access points and is built on the strong foundation of the commercial DenteMax network.

"Dental insurers and third party benefit administrators can feel confident about leasing our new network, as it offers their members access, savings and complies with Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services." said Melissa Wagner, vice president of sales and marketing.

Approximately 23 percent of adults 65 and older have not been to the dentist in the last 5 years and about half of all adults 65 and older have been to the dentist within the past year.(1) The new network provides access, a crucial part of implementing the medical dental link, for older adults.

Good oral health can help prevent complications with overall health problems, which is particularly important as people age. Conditions such as diabetes and heart disease are increasingly more common with older adults. In addition, such chronic conditions are linked to periodontal disease.

As a quality dental network manager, DenteMax credentials all of its network dentists through a National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and URAC (Utilization Review Accreditation Commission) Accredited Credentials Verification Organization (CVO). Medicare providers meet these extensive requirements and are also subject to additional credentialing per CMS.

"While there are no set CMS guidelines for dental networks, DenteMax has gone the extra mile and applied CMS requirements for medical doctors to the dentists in our network. The end result is the largest, seamless Medicare dental network." said Mike Miller vice president of dental networks.

DenteMax is a network manager of one of the nation’s largest independent dental PPO networks with more than 110,000 dentist access points serving over 5 million members nationwide. DenteMax has been leasing a quality dental PPO network for over 25 years to insurance companies, third-party administrators and self-funded union groups for use in their dental benefit plans. With a sole focus on building and managing a dental PPO network, DenteMax has established lasting partnerships with dentists, employer groups and nearly 200 payers. For more information on DenteMax, visit www.dentemax.com.