March 2017


Secure Broker Account
Delta Dental of Colorado provides you with tools and support to help you serve your clients and make selling Delta Dental easy. Through your secure broker account, for most groups with more than 100+ lives you can create custom reports such as claims utilization and treatment savings, among others.

You can create or access your broker account by clicking on the Broker Login link on the top of any page of DDCO's website and either signing in or clicking on the New Users Register link at the bottom. At www.deltadentalco.com/brokers , you can find information on plans and products, as well as useful collateral to help your clients understand the importance of their oral and overall health.

For more information, simply contact your Delta Dental account managers or email salesteam@ddpco.com .


Delta Dental Announces $1.5-million Gift to Support CCCS Dental Hygiene Programs
Delta Dental of Colorado's CEO Helen Drexler (pictured third from left) announced yesterday that Delta Dental is making a $1.5-million gift to support the dental hygiene programs offered by the Colorado Community College System (CCCS). Drexler made the announcement at the Phi Theta Kappa luncheon to honor the highest-achieving students at CCCS colleges. Drexler was the keynote speaker at the luncheon. The gift will provide student scholarships, faculty support, and funding for state-of-the-art equipment acquisition.

CCCS offers dental hygiene programs at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely (CNCC), the Community College of Denver (CCD), and Pueblo Community College (PCC). All three colleges offer associate of applied science degree programs in dental hygiene, and CCD and PCC also offer bachelor of applied science degree programs in dental hygiene. Read the full press release here.

HEALTH CARE REFORM NEWS
Why the ACA replacement bill is missing the mark for employers, employees
Anyone curious enough to read the 123 pages of the recommendations relating to the  replacement of the Affordable Care Act  will quickly find that it's as difficult to navigate as our healthcare system.

The Five Big Numbers to Look For in the C.B.O. Report on Health Care Reform
The New York Times, March 12 , 2017
The Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act was released early last week, and it has already marched through consideration in two important committees.

INDUSTRY NEWS
The coming revolution in insurance
The Economist, March 9,  2017
In the stormy and ever-changing world of global finance, insurance has remained a relatively placid backwater.

Trump Justice Department stays strong against Anthem-Cigna merger appeal
Modern Healthcare, March 13, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department and several states on Monday urged a federal appeals court not to overturn a decision blocking Anthem and Cigna's proposed $54 billion merger.

COLORADO NEWS
Colorado Reinvented by Influx of Young Workers, New Companies
U.S. News & World Report, March 10 , 2017
Lured by a warm winter day, young tech workers wearing T-shirts, beards and thick-framed glasses poured from the doors of Dish Network's new software campus in downtown Denver for the lunch hour.

Colorado adds 7,900 jobs; unemployment rate lowest in 16 years
Denver Business Journal, March 13, 2017
Colorado employers added 7,900 jobs to their payrolls in January, while the state's unemployment estimate edged down a tenth of a percentage point, to 2.9 percent, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported today.

COLORADO COMPANY NEWS
Rocky Mountain Health Plans - UnitedHealthcare merger finalized
The Denver Post, March 2, 2017
The merger between UnitedHealthcare and Western Slope insurance provider Rocky Mountain Health Plans officially closed on Thursday.

Boulder's Good Day Chocolate uses candy to deliver supplements
Boulder Daily Camera,  March 12, 2017
Boulder physician Andrew Goldman wants you to eat chocolate.  Specifically, his chocolate. Goldman is the founder of Good Day Chocolate, which takes supplements and puts them into tasty, candy-coated chocolate form.

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