Ameritas Group Offers Simplicity, Control With New Plan Designs.LINCOLN, Neb. -- Ameritas Group has introduced a new line of dental plans called $ensible Choice(SM). Features include: * Benefits that are easy for members to understand and use. Reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. is based on the dollar amount of expense instead of benefit type or procedure category. * Flexible cost management for ASO ASO arteriosclerosis obliterans. ASO 1 Administrative services organization, see there 2 Allele-specific–oligonucleotide hybridization 3 Anti-streptolysin O, see there and qualifying fully insured groups. Employers can choose whether or not to include a specific set of tools--professional consultant claims review, alternate procedures, frequency limitations and age limits--that help keep plan costs predictable and rates stable. * Ability for employees or their dentists to submit claims to Ameritas Group for reimbursement. $ensible Choice plan members aren't required to pay the dentist up front. * Added cost-saving power of PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there . Ameritas Group plan members who see Participating Provider Organization (PPO) dentists can choose from more than 70,000 provider access points nationwide, which means members benefit from credentialed cre·den·tial n. 1. That which entitles one to confidence, credit, or authority. 2. credentials Evidence or testimonials concerning one's right to credit, confidence, or authority: dentists and contracted prices for care. But they're always free to use non-network dentists and still be eligible for benefits. Ameritas Group President Ken VanCleave describes $ensible Choice as the company's most recent innovation in a series of common-sense plans designed to meet customers' needs. "Ameritas Group's brand message -- "We're for people." -- is about listening to our customers and then reinventing benefits to create the solutions that work for them," he said. "Flexibility in our approach to what employee benefits should look like has given us the ability to answer changing needs with fresh ideas. With $ensible Choice, we've combined the simplicity of expense-based reimbursement for members with flexibility in controlling the plan's financial performance for employers." About Ameritas Group Ameritas Group, a division of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., a UNIFI UNIFI Università Degli Studi Di Firenze (University of Florence, Italy) UNIFI Universal Financial Industry Message Scheme (business modeling methodology and XML syntax) Company, is one of the nation's leading providers of dental and eye care products and services. With more than 30 years of experience in group dental and 20 years of experience in group eye care, Ameritas Group serves more than 41,000 employer groups employer group Association of employers Managed care An entity with a current group benefits agreement in effect with a health plan to provide covered health care services to its employee-subscribers and eligible dependents. covering 3.5 million insured members nationwide. In New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , products are offered through First Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York. |
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