Dental HMO Allows Online Enrollment.Californians who do not have employer-based dental insurance Dental insurance is insurance designed to pay the costs associated with dental care. Dental insurance pays a portion of the bills from dentists, hospitals, and other providers of dental services. can now obtain individual coverage through a new Web-based enrollment system developed by PMI See Private Mortgage Insurance. Dental Health Plan, Cerritos, Calif. An affiliate of 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, PMI offers programs for individuals and families, including one tailored for senior citizens at its Web site, www.deltadentalca.org. The site provides program and enrollment information and links to PMI's dentist directory, which lists participating DeltaCare dentists based on simple search criteria entered by prospective enrollees. Alternatively, visitors may print enrollment forms from the site and mall them with a check, money order or credit-card number. PMI is California's largest dental 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, with nearly 1.3 million enrollees. Delta Dental Plan of California has about 13 million customers. Both are part of the Illinois-based Delta Dental Plans Association, which covers more than 30 million people nationwide. |
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