Insights

Insights

Providing you with tools, resources and expertise to help you be responsive and proactive in meeting your clients’ dental benefit needs

With more than 50 years in the group dental business, MetLife consistently turns our extensive experience into action to provide you with information and insights to help you in your role as an advisor to your clients. Our guides, papers and studies are designed to help you make strategic recommendations, deliver valuable solutions to your clients and grow your business.

Check back here periodically for the latest dental insights and resources from MetLife.

Equipping Parents with Important Information About Children's Oral Health

The results of MetLife's Parental Oral Health Literacy study are being released here to help raise awareness of the importance of children's oral health, educate parents about appropriate oral health care for their children and clear up some common misconceptions.

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Dental Networks Video: Getting past numbers alone when looking for the value of dental networks

With recent trends in dental benefits and the current economic climate, it is important to understand how the value of Dental PPO networks should be measured. This video, an interview with David Guarrera, DDS, Vice President, MetLife Inc., and Ruth Ann Woodley, FSA, MAAA, Dental Practice Leader, Ruark Consulting, LLC, presents a new way to evaluate networks to more accurately demonstrate value for your clients.

View the Dental Networks Video now.

Evaluating Dental Networks: Moving your analyses past just access, disruption and discount reports

While provider networks are just one of the building blocks that determine the value of a dental benefits plan, they often dominate discussions and analytics  due to the important role networks play in both cost control and participant satisfaction. This guide was developed to help brokers and consultants better evaluate the value inherent in carrier networks.

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Check the Label: To find the dental network that’s right for your clients

Just like different brands of cereal, breads, soft drinks and desserts, not all dental networks are created equal. While carriers often tout network size and discounts, the numbers alone tell only part of the story. It takes a deeper analysis to find the carrier whose network produces plan savings for your clients, lowers participant out-of-pocket expenses and increases employee satisfaction.

With simple ways you can “check the label” on dental networks, this guide will help you evaluate networks easily and appropriately, so you can make the right recommendations to your clients.

Download Check the Label: Dental Networks now.

Check the Label: Preventive, Diagnostic, Periodontal Services

Like food products, differences in dental plan design “ingredients” can vary dramatically and are not always obvious from a basic (or spreadsheet) glance at each plan’s packaging and price. By reaching beyond spreadsheets and numbers when comparing dental benefit plans, you may find opportunities to add value by identifying dental plans that better meet the needs of your clients’ employees and their companies’ bottom lines.

Download Check the Label: Dental Benefit Plans now.

For more information, contact your MetLife representative.

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