Humana Dental PPO To Provide Dental Benefits By Employees Retirement System Of Texas
Humana Dental Insurance Company has been chosen by the Employees Retirement System of Texas : (ERS) to provide dental benefits for more than 500,000 participants who are eligible for the group-benefits program, including state and certain higher education employees, retirees and their dependents. There are currently 394,000 participants enrolled
in the dental plans.
Humana Dental began providing dental benefits to ERS participants Sept.
1, 2009, under a contract that expires Aug. 31, 2013.
“The State of Texas is committed to providing high quality benefits that enhance the lives and health of the state work force,” said Ann S.
Fuelberg, ERS executive director. “Humana Dental options provide participants a choice of cost, benefit levels, service and dentists.”
ERS participants will have two choices of dental benefit plans, the Humana Dental Health Maintenance Organization (DHMO) or the State of Texas Dental Choice Plan SM .
Under the Humana Dental DHMO : , participants select a network dentist and have no deductibles, no yearly maximums and varying levels of copayments for preventive, basic and major services.
Under the State of Texas Dental Choice Plan SM , employees and retirees may choose any dentist, however, increased benefits will be provided by using dentists in the Humana Dental PPO : network.
Individual deductibles per calendar year are $100 and there is a range of coinsurance depending on the type of service and who performs it. The State of Texas Dental Choice Plan has a $1,500 maximum annual benefit and no cost for most preventive services when provided by a network dentist.
“Humana Dental is honored to provide benefit services to one of the nation’s largest and most innovative employee benefit plans,” said Jerry Ganoni, president of Humana Dental. “We believe our plans offer affordable choices of benefits, with service levels that are above industry standards. Our nationwide network of dentists exceeds 125,000 and we are continually expanding to meet our customers’ needs.”
Humana Dental Insurance Company has grown into one of the nation’s 10 largest dental insurance carriers with more than 3.8 million members.