Dental plan options for Medicare Supplement clients
Looking for ways to give your clients more choices with more plans? Look no further than Blue Shield's dental plans for Medicare Supplement plan members. Your clients can save $3 each month for the first six months on their dental plan rates if they enroll in a dental plan at the same time they enroll in any Blue Shield Medicare Supplement plan.
For details, please refer to the following dental plan charts.
| Effective July 1, 2024 | DPPO 1500 | DPPO 1000 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly premium | $56.10 | $37.40 | ||
| Calendar-year deductible (per member) |
$50/person | $75/person | ||
| Calendar-year maximum | $1,500 ($1,000 may be used for non-network dentist)1 |
$1,000 ($750 may be used for non-network dentist)1 |
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| Service | With network dentist | With non-network dentist2 Blue Shield pays: |
With network dentist | With non-network dentist2 Blue Shield pays: |
| Diagnostic and preventive care (not subject to plan deductibles with network dentists; includes an oral cancer screening, routine oral exams, X-rays, and three annual cleanings | 100% | 80% | 100% | 50% |
| Basic services (includes anesthesia, palliative treatment, and restorative dentistry) |
80% | 70% | 50% | 50% |
| Major services3 12-month waiting period Dental PPO 1500 and 6-month waiting period for Dental PPO 1000 (All plans include crown buildups, endodontics, periodontics, oral surgery, crowns, prosthetics, inlays, onlays, jackets, posts and cores, and veneers. Dental PPO 1500 also includes implants.) |
50% | 50% | 50% | 50% |
These charts are only summaries. For more information regarding the Dental PPO 1000 and Dental PPO 1500, please refer to the applicable Evidence of Coverage/Health Service Agreement.
Our dental plans offer extensive networks
With a Blue Shield dental PPO, your clients can have the freedom to choose any provider they want, but will save more when they choose a provider in their plan's extensive network of nearly 46,000 general and specialty-care dentists in California, and nearly 350,000 nationwide.4
Dental Plan enrollment details
- Dental coverage can be added for both existing and new Medicare Supplement plan members.
- Effective dates can be on any day of the month except days 29 through 31.
- Instruct your client to complete a short dental enrollment application and return it to us; no underwriting is required. If your client is requesting waiting periods to be waived, they must submit proof of prior coverage that includes major dental coverage and other required documentation.
- Once enrolled, your client will receive one bill combining their medical and dental premiums.
Enrollment forms and information
Visit Arvato Storefront and use your Broker Connection credentials to find all of the materials you need to help enroll your clients in one of Blue Shield’s dental plans for Medicare Supplement plan members.
Visit our Help Medicare Supplement Clients page to find all of the materials you need to help your clients who are already enrolled in a Blue Shield dental plan for Medicare Supplement plan members.
1 Each calendar year, the member is responsible for all charges incurred after the plan has paid these amounts for covered dental services.
2 The indicated coinsurance percentage is a percentage of allowed amounts that we pay to providers. Non-network providers can charge more than our allowable amount. When members use non-network providers, they must pay the applicable copayment/ coinsurance plus any amount that exceeds our allowable amount. Charges in excess of the allowable amount do not count toward the calendar-year deductible or copayment maximum.
3 Dental PPO 1500 plan members have a 12-month waiting period, and Dental PPO 1000 dental plan members have a 6-month waiting period for major restorative services and procedures (such as crowns, endodontics, periodontics, oral surgery, and removable or fixed prosthetics). The waiting period may be waived with proof of prior comprehensive coverage.
4 Dental providers in and out of California are available through a contracted dental plan administrator.
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Page last updated 04/01/2024
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