Dental plans: ranked by enrollment in L.A. County.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MORE than 7 million individuals are enrolled in the 10 largest dental dental /den·tal/ (den´t'l) pertaining to a tooth or teeth. den·tal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or for the teeth. 2. Of, relating to, or intended for dentistry. plans in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, a 10 percent increase from a year ago. Delta Dental Delta Dental is the largest and oldest dental plan system in the United States. The Delta Dental Plans Association is comprised of 39 independent Delta Dental member companies operating in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. of California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). remained atop the list and saw its numbers grow due to a merger with its PMI See Private Mortgage Insurance. Dental Health Plan subsidiary in January January: see month. . The plans on the list primarily offer two types of dental coverage: an 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, plan and a preferred provider plan. Many of the companies offering plans do so in conjunction conjunction, in astronomy conjunction, in astronomy, alignment of two celestial bodies as seen from the earth. Conjunction of the moon and the planets is often determined by reference to the sun. with traditional medical benefits and offer the dental plans as a supplement. The dental HMO plans are much like traditional HMOs in which participants must choose from a dentist dentist /den·tist/ (den´tist) a person with a degree in dentistry and authorized to practice dentistry. den·tist n. A person who is trained and licensed to practice dentistry. on the plan. PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there plans have been growing and can be more popular, because they have wider networks and greater coverage, but they usually require a higher deductible That which may be taken away or subtracted. In taxation, an item that may be subtracted from gross income or adjusted gross income in determining taxable income (e.g., interest expenses, charitable contributions, certain taxes). and premiums for the privilege A permission or right. In information security, it refers to the modes of operation that a user or a process is granted. Examples include user-level privilege, operator privilege and supervisory privilege. . No. 2 SafeGuard Dental & Vision saw enrollment increase by 23,800 locally over the past 12 months. The Aliso Viejo-based firm reported that it has 536,000 members locally, approximately ap·prox·i·mate adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident. 2. 28 percent of its total membership. [GRAPHICD OMITTED] THE PACESETTER DELTA DENTAL OF CALIFORNIA SAN Francisco-based Delta Dental of California remains the largest insurer An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual. An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter. in Los Angeles County with 4.9 million subscribers. That is up considerably from the 3.6 million subscribers in the plan last year, mainly due to a merger with its PMI Dental Health Plan subsidiary. The company saw a large increase in its membership as it merged with its Cerritos-based PMI. Delta had owned PMI since 1985 and received permission from the California Department of Managed Health Care to merge See mail merge and concatenate. the two operations effective Jan. 1. The merger has allowed the company to streamline streamline, path of a fluid flowing steadily and without appreciable turbulence. A body is said to be streamlined if its shape offers the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, or other fluid. administration and eliminate duplicative du·pli·cate adj. 1. Identically copied from an original. 2. Existing or growing in two corresponding parts; double. 3. processes. It did not require any staffing or changes for Delta. Delta Dental of California and its affiliates reported $4.7 billion in consolidated con·sol·i·date v. con·sol·i·dat·ed, con·sol·i·dat·ing, con·sol·i·dates v.tr. 1. To unite into one system or whole; combine: revenues for 2006. The company and its affiliates provide coverage to 19.2 million enrollees in 17 states plus the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . It is also part of a larger Oak Brook A brook is a small stream. Brook may refer to the following places:
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. Association, which collectively covers 46 million people nationwide, nearly 30 percent of all those who have dental coverage nationwide.
Rank Plan (Ranking in 2006) Enrollment (1) Dentists
* name (current/year ago) * current
* address * L.A. County * one year
* Web site * California * ago
* total
1 Delta Dental of 4,856.2/3,600 7,576
California (1)
12898 Towne Center Drive 16,000/15,500 7,098
Cerritos 90703 19,200/18,200
deltadentalca.org
2 SafeGuard Dental & 535.6/511.8 9,974
Vision (2)
95 Enterprise, Suite 100 1,144.1/1,321 9,692
Aliso Viejo 92656 1,799.1/1,816.3
safeguard.net
3 MetLife Inc. (3) 429.2/455.4 18,467
One Park Plaza, 1,973.1/2,001.1 5,268
Suite 1100
Irvine 92614 20,615.2/20,643.4
metlife.com
4 Aetna Inc. (4) 292/381.7 6,834
515 S. Flower St., 1,181/1,414 6,484
Fifth Floor
Los Angeles 90071 13,259.3/13,347.8
aetna.com
5 Cigna Dental (6) 280.4/262.8 8,911
400 N. Brand Blvd., 1,029.9/949.5 8,288
Suite 400
Glendale 91203 10,900/10,700
cigna.com
6 Guardian Life Insurance Co. 268.1/182.5 6,677
of America (9)
10880 Wilshire Blvd. 857.9/674 4,196
Suite 800
Los Angeles 90024 6,955.5/6,457
guardianlife.com
7 Western Dental Services 261.8/238.1 1,519
Inc. (7)
530 S. Main St. Sixth Floor 555.3/526.3 1,408
Orange 92868 569.2/526.3
westerndental.com
8 United Concordia Insurance 189/193.7 N/A
Co. Inc. (8)
21700 Oxnard St., 713/714.2 5,447
Suite 500
Woodland Hills 91367 7,300/7,101.3
ucci.com
9 DentalPoint Inc. (10) 67.3/67.3 2,904
8929 Wilshire Blvd., 116.9/116.9 2,904
Suite 120
Beverly Hills 90211 921.5/921.5
N/A
10 Blue Shield of California 66.7/63.5 27,322
50 Beale St. 279.4/264 8,131
San Francisco 94105 279.4/264
blueshieldca.com
Rank Plan (Ranking in 2006) Services
* name
* address
* Web site
1 Delta Dental of group dental, group HMO dental
California (1) and HMO vision and individual
12898 Towne Center Drive HMO dental plans
Cerritos 90703
deltadentalca.org
2 SafeGuard Dental & dental HMO, dental PPO, vision
Vision (2) HMO, vision PPO, ASO, government
95 Enterprise, Suite 100 plans, scheduled benefits.
Aliso Viejo 92656
safeguard.net
3 MetLife Inc. (3) PPO or Indemnity with flexible
One Park Plaza, plan design options and funding
Suite 1100 arrangements
Irvine 92614
metlife.com
4 Aetna Inc. (4) dental HMO, PPO, FOC, indemnity,
515 S. Flower St., Vital Savings by Aetna
Fifth Floor
Los Angeles 90071
aetna.com
5 Cigna Dental (6) dental HMO, PPO, traditional,
400 N. Brand Blvd., Cigna FlexAdvantage, Cigna
Suite 400 ValuePlans, CignaPlus Savings
Glendale 91203
cigna.com
6 Guardian Life Insurance Co. dental HMO, group dental PPO,
of America (9) indemnity, ASO
10880 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 800
Los Angeles 90024
guardianlife.com
7 Western Dental Services individual and group dental HMO
Inc. (7)
530 S. Main St. Sixth Floor
Orange 92868
westerndental.com
8 United Concordia Insurance dental HMO, PPO, indemnity
Co. Inc. (8)
21700 Oxnard St.,
Suite 500
Woodland Hills 91367
ucci.com
9 DentalPoint Inc. (10) dental PPO, EPO, utilization
8929 Wilshire Blvd., review
Suite 120
Beverly Hills 90211
N/A
10 Blue Shield of California dental HMO and PPO
50 Beale St.
San Francisco 94105
blueshieldca.com
Rank Plan (Ranking in 2006) Profile Top Local
* name * parent co. Executive
* address * headquarters * name
* Web site * title
* phone
1 Delta Dental of N/A Steve Spigarelli
California (1) San Francisco director,
12898 Towne Center Drive Southern
Cerritos 90703 California sales
deltadentalca.org (562) 403-4040
2 SafeGuard Dental & SafeGuard Robin Muck
Vision (2) Health Plans president,
95 Enterprise, Suite 100 Inc. California market
Aliso Viejo 92656 Aliso Viejo (949) 425-4300
safeguard.net
3 MetLife Inc. (3) N/A Jason Ackermann
One Park Plaza, New York regional director
Suite 1100 (877) 638-2862
Irvine 92614
metlife.com
4 Aetna Inc. (4) N/A Ken Lautsch
515 S. Flower St., Hartford, market head of
Fifth Floor Conn. sales and service
Los Angeles 90071 (213) 988-4000
aetna.com
5 Cigna Dental (6) Connecticut Christopher DeRosa
400 N. Brand Blvd., General Corp. general manager
Suite 400 Philadelphia (818) 546-5000
Glendale 91203
cigna.com
6 Guardian Life Insurance Co. N/A V. Joseph Stefano
of America (9) New York /Arthur Stern
10880 Wilshire Blvd. dir. sales & mar-
Suite 800 keting/L.A.
Los Angeles 90024 regional manager
guardianlife.com (310) 473-3399
7 Western Dental Services Citigroup Wayne K. Butts
Inc. (7) Venture Capital senior v.p.
530 S. Main St. Sixth Floor Equity Partners (714) 571-3649
Orange 92868 LP Orange
westerndental.com
8 United Concordia Insurance United Concor- Laurie Laspina
Co. Inc. (8) dia Cos. Inc. regional v.p.,
21700 Oxnard St., Harrisburg, sales
Suite 500 Penn. (800) 876-6432
Woodland Hills 91367
ucci.com
9 DentalPoint Inc. (10) N/A Jerry Levey
8929 Wilshire Blvd., Fresno president
Suite 120 (310) 360-1282
Beverly Hills 90211
N/A
10 Blue Shield of California N/A Duncan Ross
50 Beale St. San Francisco v.p., general
San Francisco 94105 manager, ancil-
blueshieldca.com lary group
(415) 229-5000
N/A - Not Applicable
Note: Information for this list was supplied by the companies them-
selves. Companies are ranked by enrollment in L.A. County.
To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of
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Researched by David Nusbaum
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