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Published Date: Feb. 21, 1997
Company Name: Delta Dental Plan of California
Address: 100 First Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Main Telephone
Number: 415/972-8300
Chief Executive
Officer: William T. Ward
Chief Financial
Officer: Joseph C. Jaeger
Public Relations
Contact: Jeff Album
Business number: 415/972-8418
Home number: 415/358-0878
E-mail Address: jalbum@delta.org
URL Address: www.deltadentalca.org
Industry: Healthcare/Insurance
Company description: Delta Dental Plan Delta Dental Plan, n.pr an active member organization of the Delta Dental Plans Association (a not-for-profit organization), formed and guided by state dental societies to provide prepaid dental care to the public on a group basis. of California is the state's largest dental health carrier, covering 11.6 million people in commercial and government programs throughout California and the nation. Since 1955, Delta has led the industry in offering innovative programs designed to control costs and ensure quality care. Based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , the company is a nonprofit service corporation that employs about 1,800 people. Delta has offices in Cerritos, Fresno, Sacramento and San Diego as well. Delta's government line of business includes Denti-Cal, the nation's largest single dental program covering more than 4.9 million Californians eligible for Medicare. Virtually all product lines, including Delta's managed fee-for-service, PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there and HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, dental programs, experienced steady enrollment growth during 1996. Overall, the company posted 1996 gross revenues of $2.1 billion. Delta is a member of the nationwide Delta Dental Plans Association, which covers more than 28 million Americans and includes the participation of more than 61 percent of the nation's dentists. Delta is directed by a 15-member board composed of purchasers, enrollees and dentists. All business is conducted in compliance with regulations set forth by the California State Department of Corporations. CONTACT: Delta Dental Plan of California |
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