title: Potential future elements of dental care financing--a third-party payer's perspective.
abstract: The future of dental care financing may take on many changes in the future. These changes will likely have a dramatic affect on how dental care is delivered, reported and paid. Consumers and purchasers are keenly focused on price. In addition, areas of key focus in the dental benefits industry will be compensation, metrics and wellness initiatives, which will likely lead to high levels of transparency, accountability and development of the capability to report measurable outcomes.
authors.affiliation: United Concordia Dental, CA, USA. paul.manos@ucci.com
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Manos
authors.affiliation: United Concordia Dental, CA, USA.
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bramson
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D003729:Dental Care / Q000191:economics*; D019468:Disease Management; D055094:Evidence-Based Dentistry / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D062265:Health Insurance Exchanges / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D007347:Insurance, Dental / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000639:trends*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D011313:Preventive Dentistry / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends