
07/24/2025
This is very dangerous and setting a dangerous precedent......I know my ,as well as other dentists patients ask, them daily, " will my insurance pay for it?". Now you have a situation where the owner of the practice is the insurance company, but you the patient rely on us the dentist to recommend the proper care based upon our diagnoses. So ask yourself, what happens to the doctor patient trust when the insurance carrier benefits, based upon your companies HR purchase, deny/ decline benefits ,.??? ( i like to say i treat patients , not their insurance plan) I would hope the patient would defer to the dentist and their recommendation, and judging by comments I see in our local nextdoor page, patients like their dentist..., https://www.tmj4.com/about-us/lighthouse/its-a-conflict-of-interest-dental-community-raises-concerns-as-delta-dental-buys-25-wisconsin-practices?fbclid=IwY2xjawLvIVNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHn0iLANcpmusUuPtTdykvS0MSGe7XOTt5sCHIQWcdoeA8sPPevC5jymuvHfC_aem_xQ-skfqD0aSKoHKiumNAzg