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SCD's celebration of patients.

August 29th, 2019

When your patient gets all her treatment done on her birthday and spends the morning with you.....YOU CELEBRATE HER!! Happiest of Birthdays to you Rhonda!!

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BACK TO SCHOOL CHECKLIST

August 20th, 2019

BACK TO SCHOOL CHECKLIST: ✏️
☑️ Buy school supplies
☑️ Haircut
☑️ Schedule dental checkup!
Remember to schedule your teeth cleaning and checkup for that perfect smile at our office.

Celebrating Tammy's 20 Years with Southcenter Dental!

August 9th, 2019

Happy 20 Years with Southcenter Dental!! We are the luckiest team around!

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Delta Dental of Washington's Changes in 2020 for groups  (00186, 00187 and 00188)

August 7th, 2019

Delta Dental of Washington's Changes in 2020 for groups  (00186, 00187 and 00188) WEA, Bethel School District and Seattle Public Schools

As many of you have heard, the Washington State Education Association, Seattle Public Schools, and Bethel School Districts will be a part of the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) on January 1, 2020.

All school district employees will be covered under the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB)

The SEBB will administer health insurance and other benefits for all school district employees across the state on January 1, 2020. Open enrollment for school employees begins this October.

The vast majority of school district employees are already covered through our benefit plans. This change means that more teachers will have the option to choose us for dental benefits, which may result in an increase of teachers and school employees covered by our plans.

Through SEBB, employees can choose from three different coverages:

  • HMO PLAN- DeltaCare (SEBB Group #09601). We will administer benefits for the DeltaCare, Managed care plan. Patients will be assigned a Primary Care Dentist within the Delta Dental of Washington DeltaCare provider network. SEBB DeltaCare benefits will be the same as benefits for DeltaCare Group #03100.
  • Recommended PPO-Uniform Dental Plan (SEBB UDP(PPO) – Group # 09600). More information is included about this plan below. SEBB UDP plan benefits will be the same as the PEBB Uniform Dental Plan, group #03000. This plan you can choose any office.
  • Willamette Dental offices only. The Willamette plan is another coverage option for school employees, Delta does not administer benefits for this plan. Can only go to a Willamette practice.

PPO-Uniform Dental Plan (UDP) Benefits - Group #09600---RECOMMENDED!!!

SEBB UDP plan benefits will be the same as the PEBB Uniform Dental Plan, group #03000. A general breakdown of the percentages and maximums for payment with an in-network, Delta Dental PPO provider is:

  • Annual Maximum: $1750
  • Deductible: $50 Individual, $150 Family (waived for preventative and diagnostic care)
  • Preventative and Diagnostic: 100%
  • Basic Coverage, including fillings and root canals: 80%
  • Crowns, and Major Treatment: 50%
  • Orthodontics: 50% up to $1750 lifetime maximum

Frequently Asked Questions

Open enrollment for SEBB will begin on October 1st and run through November 15th.

Online, the benefit period is showing 11/1/18 – 12/31/2019 for Washington Education Association (WEA) group 00186, why is this?

The Washington Education Association (00186) will be changing on January 1, 2020 to the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB). This new plan will be a calendar year plan. Due to this, on January 1, patients will have a new plan maximum and their benefit year frequencies will renew.

To accommodate for the extended benefit period, the Washington Education Association added additional funds and frequencies through the end of December. The benefit period maximum for group 00186 was increased to $2300 for patients who see a PPO provider, and $2000 if a patient sees a provider outside the PPO network. Additionally, there was a 3rdpreventative care visit added that includes a periodic exam, and a cleaning.

Are you going to have all Washington State teachers next year?

Under the Washington Education Association plans (00186, 00187 and 00188), we currently cover a large majority of teachers in Washington State. Additionally, several school districts offered coverage outside the WEA. These school districts will also be covered under the SEBB program beginning January 1, 2020. There is a strong potential that more teachers and school district employees will choose to be covered by us as a result of the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) changes in 2020.

It’s important to note that Washington State teachers will have 3 choices for dental coverage next year including our PPO NETWORK, our DeltaCare plan-HMO, and Willamette Dental.

Questions?

If you have questions about these changes we are happy to help! Please call us at 206.575.1551

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