IRVING, Texas, June 27, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Access Plans USA, Inc. (Nasdaq:AUSA) and DenteMax have announced a partnership agreement in which Access Plans can utilize the DenteMax national dental network to enhance its own Access Dental network in certain of the company's discount and supplemental healthcare plans.
Access Plans USA is a nationwide distributor of health insurance and non-insurance healthcare programs that provide access to affordable healthcare for families and individuals in the United States, including the growing number of uninsured and/or underinsured. DenteMax is a dental network manager with more than 81,000 dental access points across the nation.
"We are aggressively marketing our portfolio of medical discount and supplemental plans nationwide, including a number of new products. This partnership will allow Access Plans to enhance the dental network strength of selected products by combining our own proprietary dental network, Access Dental, with the DenteMax network," said Ian R. Stuart, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Access Plans USA. "In providing the best for our customers, two networks are stronger than one. We selected DenteMax to partner with not only because of the size and national scope of the network, but also because of the attention to quality and the credentialing program."
DenteMax requires all dentists to complete and pass credentialing before being admitted to the network, and dentists are recredentialed every three years to maintain this level of quality.
All DenteMax dentists agree to charge members using a fixed fee schedule that is typically 25-40% below their usual charges. This provides savings for these members every time they visit their DenteMax dentist.
About Access Plans USA
Access Plans USA provides access to affordable healthcare to individuals and families. Our health insurance products and our non-insurance healthcare discount programs are designed as affordable solutions, with special focus on providing answers for the growing number of uninsured and underinsured seeking a way to address rising healthcare costs. We also offer third party claims administration, provider network management, and utilization management services to employers and groups that choose to utilize partially self funded strategies to finance their benefit programs. We are committed to assuring that our clients have access to the healthcare that they need at prices they can afford. For more information on Access Plans USA, Inc. please visit www.accessplansusa.com.
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About DenteMax
DenteMax is a dental network manager, not an insurance company. Since DenteMax was founded in 1985, we've been committed to building a quality national, seamless, credentialed dental PPO network. Today, DenteMax is more than 81,000 dentist access points strong, and we're still growing!
DenteMax conducts customized recruitment campaigns to target geographic areas where members are concentrated. The DenteMax network is always accepting new dentists, and all DenteMax dentists accept new patients. DenteMax does not pay claims or determine eligibility and benefits.
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