Maximizing ROI: The Cost-Effective Benefits of Preventive Care for Your Employees
Providing dental benefits isn’t just an investment in your employees’ health – it’s an investment in the health of your business. Dental benefits help make preventive care more affordable, creating cost savings for your employees and for you. How does preventive care create cost savings? Preventive care, such as visiting the dentist for a routine checkup or cleaning, plays a critical role in detecting and addressing oral health issues before they become more serious problems down the road. Or they can help your team avoid these problems altogether! TruAssure plans include 100% coverage for preventive care visits, which makes your employees more likely to see the dentist. This creates benefits for your team and for you: For your team, these preventive appointments reduce the likelihood of missing work due to oral pain or more extensive dental procedures. For employers, reduced oral health risk translates into fewer sick days, lower […]
Dental Benefit Trends Every Broker Should Know
Best practices for oral health care have remained fairly consistent over the years – brush twice and floss once daily, see your dentist for preventive care, and so on. However, although the way we take care of our teeth doesn’t change, the world of dental benefits is always evolving. There can be many reasons for this, from consumer trends or attitudes toward the economy to new discoveries about oral health. With so much opportunity for change, it’s important to stay on top of current trends – so let’s review what’s happening in the modern world of dental benefits. The impact of the economy Employees and employers alike are worried about rising costs and the state of the economy, but it helps to explain that dental benefits aren’t an empty cost. Let employers know that U.S. adults lose an estimated 243 million work hours to oral health problems each year. By […]
Dental Coverage and How It Benefits Employees
Benefits are essential for employee happiness, well-being, and job satisfaction. Dental coverage boosts the value of an overall benefits and wellness package. According to a survey by the National Association of Dental Plans (NADP), more than half of employees who receive dental coverage through their employer rate dental benefits as “very important.” The key to productivity and morale is employee health and well-being. With dental care impacting both oral and overall health, employers can better retain current employees and attract prospective hires with a complete benefits package that includes dental coverage. During regular exams, dentists can identify symptoms of more than 120 diseases, including anemia, diabetes, kidney failure, and heart disease. The need for extensive dental treatments and overall coverage costs for employers decreases, as well as employees’ out-of-pocket expenses when health conditions are caught early and treated. Refresher on Common Dental Benefit Terms Make sure you’re getting the most […]
