Are pre-existing conditions covered? Is there a waiting period before some
conditions are covered? What services or treatments are not covered?
What
special programs do you have to prevent disease or to treat chronic diseases
like TMJ (jaw joint) or periodontitis (gum disease)?
Are pre-existing conditions covered? Is there a waiting period before some
conditions are covered? What services or treatments are not covered?
What are your restrictions for tooth replacement, implants, orthodontics
and jaw surgery?
Do you have limits on experimental treatments?
Do you have limits on what drugs I can take?
Must I pick a primary care dentist to handle most dental needs?
Can I see dentists outside your network? Is it more expensive to do so?
How do you choose your dentists or specialists? What is the percentage
of board certified specialists? Have your representatives actually visited
each of your dentist's facilities prior to acceptance as a plan dentist?
Are your dentists required to take a certain nunber of continuing education
courses each year and how do you verify compliance?
How do you pay your dentists? Do they receive incentives for spending less
on care?
Do you bar dentists from criticizing you or disclosing to me how you pay
them?
Explain the appeals process I must go through if I am not happy with your
decision on my care?
Is your plan accredited by the National
Committee for Quality Assurance and by the Insurance
Commissioner of my state? Did your plan fare well in the Maryland
Health Care Comission's HMO Report Card?
You may schedule an orthodontic
appointment with Dr. William Trepp in his Pasadena, MD office by calling
410.696.4624 or in his Clinton, MD office by calling 301.868.6200.
Written inquiries should be mailed to: 3020 Mountain RD, Pasadena, MD 21122,
USA or 8918 Woodyard RD, Clinton, MD 20735, USA