#TeethMatter: Raising the Volume on Oral Health
Did you know that a dentist or dental hygienist can spot early signs of 120 diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and several forms of cancer? Or that 90 percent of systemic diseases have symptoms in and around the mouth?
At Delta Dental of Colorado, we are working with partners across the state to better inform businesses, health professionals, and the public about how closely connected oral health is to overall health.
By taking care of your oral health, you can help prevent or better manage many serious chronic health conditions. And you can increase your chances of living a long, healthy and productive life.
Oral health isn't just a personal concern. The societal cost of poor oral health is staggering.
At Children's Hospital
Colorado, four of nine surgical rooms are devoted to dental procedures. An average of 10 dental operations are performed there each day --- more than 3,500 in a year --- that are almost entirely preventable with better oral health habits.
Nationally,
the number of hospital emergency room visits related to oral health more than doubled since 2000, costing the health care system $1.6 billion each year.
Through our oral health communications campaign, #TeethMatter, we hope to encourage Coloradans to make regular visits to their dental provider and to raise awareness and understanding of the importance of oral health to us as individuals and as a society.
Our coalition includes dentists, family physicians, the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, health foundations, business groups, and many more.
Encourage your clients to
promote the importance of oral health and overall health
to their employees and to get the most out of their dental benefits by using them.
Two Questions to Ask Carriers About Their Dental Provider Network
Brokers and consultants are starting to ask the right questions about dental carriers renting and leasing networks. Here are two questions that should be in every discussion you have with your sales representatives:
1. What part of your network is rented from competitors or other rental companies?
2. If yes, what percentage of the group discount/savings is retained by the carrier or the rental network?
Delta Dental does not rent our network to other carriers or lease networks from other carriers.
The long-term relationships we have with our providers in the Delta Dental network ensure rate stability, as well as provider stability. All discount/savings are retained by your group and their members. For more information on rental and/or leased networks, contact your Delta Dental sales representative or email
[email protected].
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Health and bank executives weigh in on health care reform
Benefits Pro, May 2
, 2017
While Congress may be hotly engaged in whether to
repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act
, health care industry executives are split on whether the debate is affecting their business -- as market forces may be having a greater impact, according to a new survey by
WEX Health
, a health care financial technology platform provider headquartered in Fargo, N.D.
How can healthcare reform lower prices?
Employee Benefit Adviser, May 12, 2017
In the ongoing political debate on how to best repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, no obvious panacea has emerged for reining in the rising cost of health insurance premiums.
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Health insurers' proposed 2018 rate hikes are early 'warning signs'
Modern Healthcare, May 10, 2017
Health insurers are asking state regulators to approve giant rate increases for 2018 individual policies, in part because they don't yet know if the Trump administration plans to help or hurt the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges.
Anthem terminates Cigna merger
Healthcare Dive, May 12, 2017
Anthem delivered a notice to Cigna on Friday officially ending its $54 billion proposed acquisition.
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Denver rents are on their way up again
Denver Business Journal, May 3
, 2017
Rents in Denver are on the upswing again. At least two national apartment rental reports show Denver rents are substantially up from last year, and rose in the last month as well.
Google tools generated $2.9B in economic activity in Colorado last year, tech giant says
The Denver Post, May 10, 2017
Some 40,000 Colorado businesses and nonprofits that use Google's online advertising tools helped generate economic activity worth $2.88 billion in 2016, according to the tech giant's latest economic impact report released Wednesday.
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Media giant to buy owner of 2 Denver TV stations for $3.9 billion
Denver Business Journal, May 8, 2017
Comcast NBCUniversal is buying Denver's home-grown video startup Craftsy
The Denver Post,
May 10, 2017
Craftsy, a darling of the Denver tech community known for how-to cooking and sewing videos online, agreed to be acquired by Comcast NBCUniversal on Wednesday in a move that will elevate its crafting might with one of the most powerful companies in the video world.
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