As American as apple pie, dental benefits continue to be a valued staple among workplace offerings. And while it’s tough to improve on the simple perfection that is apple pie, benefit plans can and should be regularly revisited to ensure they are effectively serving the needs of their employee participants.
Among these regular status checks should be strength of an employer’s dental plan network, according to MetLife. While the value proposition of a dental provider network is partially hidden from benefits professionals, its strength encompasses much more than the notion of contracting with as many dentists as possible. To help benefit pros and their advisers, MetLife, which administers dental plans for nearly 20 million Americans, has published a guide to help employers evaluate and benchmark a full range of criteria that include many intangible components that inform carrier selection.
