HealthScape Advisors Launches the First Annual Dental Plan Administrative Expense Survey

CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthScape Advisors LLC, the healthcare management consulting firm, announced today the launch of its first annual Dental Plan Administrative Expense Survey, a unique survey that focuses upon administrative costs and key operational benchmarks of dental plans only. 

The survey will allow participating dental plans to confidentially benchmark their organization's operating expenses by major functional area against all other survey participants utilizing numerous key evaluation metrics. Results will be compared and presented against the blinded set of participating organizations to allow for meaningful evaluation of all functional areas and major cost elements across all other companies of varying size and market focus.

"This survey will provide dental plans with a detailed snapshot of how their administrative performance stacks up against other plans in the market," said Kyle Stern, managing director of HealthScape Advisors. "This information will be a powerful turnkey tool for dental plan leadership teams to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses and develop operational strategies to remain competitive in an evolving marketplace."

Dental plans can sign up to participate through February 25, 2011.  Summary results will be provided in June 2011 after all data from the survey has been collected, assessed and analyzed. The survey will be conducted with rigorous security procedures to guard the privacy of all survey participant data.

For additional information or to participate in the survey process, contact Marc Milanowski or Tom Healy at HealthScape Advisors 312.256.8616 or 312.256.8630.

About HealthScape Advisors

HealthScape Advisors LLC was established to assist health plans, ancillary benefit providers, third party administrators, managed care organizations and their business partners in navigating the changing healthcare landscape.  It is comprised of highly talented and diverse professionals with proven success, deep healthcare industry knowledge and extensive consulting experience.  HealthScape assists its clients through an evolving healthcare landscape by developing and supporting growth strategies, delivering cost containment initiatives and expense reductions, building acquisition programs, profiling acquisition targets, conducting due diligence and managing integration processes.  For more information, visit www.HealthScapeAdvisors.com.

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