Delta Dental
For questions about your Delta Dental contract, contact our Local 34 trustee: Monica Jochmans or AFSCME Council 5.
You can also go to the following Delta Dental website for additional information. You are required to register and set up your personal account before you can access the information. Delta Dental Website
Delta Dental Updates (1/1/2010)
Effective January 1, 2010, your Dental Benefit Plan Summary has been amended:
1. Benefit Maximums: The Program pays up to a maximum of $1,750.00 for each Covered Person per Coverage Year subject to the coverage percentages identified above. Benefit Maximums may not be carried over to future coverage years.
2. Single Tooth Implant Body, Abutment and Crown: Covered 1 time per 5-year period for covered persons age 16 and over. Coverage includes only the single surgical placement of the implant body, implant abutment and implant/ abutment supported crown.
3. New Exclusions Language: (Revised) Any material grafted onto bone or soft tissue, including procedures necessary for guided tissue…(Deleted) The replacement of an existing partial denture with a bridge regeneration.
Delta
Dental Questions
Q:
How do I enroll in Delta Dental?
A:
Cindy Pince, from Council 5, will contact you within
30 - 60 days after your hire date.
If she hasn’t contacted you within 60 days of your
hire date, then call her at 651-287-0564 and leave her a
message with your name, contact information (including mail
code), employee number, and your hire date.
Q:
Who is covered by my Delta Dental benefit?
Is this only a benefit for Full Members of the Union?
A:
You (employee), your spouse, and your dependents are
covered.
There is no additional cost to add your spouse and
your dependents to the plan during enrollment or open
enrollment in November.
If you are single, you can add your spouse when you
get married at no additional cost.
If you don’t have dependents, but have children
and/or adopt at a later time, you can add your dependents at
no additional cost.
All members of the Union, whether you are a Full
Member or a Fair Share Fee Payer, are entitled to enroll in
Delta Dental.
Q:
When is open enrollment?
A:
In November of every year.
If a special circumstance occurs, (i.e. marriage,
divorce, birth or adoption of a child, child leaves the
home, child graduates from high school but doesn’t wish to
attend college), then you can add or remove family members
any time during the course of your enrollment with Delta
Dental.
You can call Cindy Pince at 651-287-0564 and ask for
a “Delta Dental Maintenance Form”.
Q:
Can I enroll in Delta Dental on line
A:
At this time, Local 34 is not utilizing the on line
Delta Dental form from the web site.
Please wait for Cindy Pince to contact you or you can
contact her if you haven’t received a Delta Dental packet
and it is 60 days since your hire date.
A: Currently the Union enrolls in a “Comprehensive Enhanced” plan that utilizes both “Preferred Option” (i.e. smaller network of providers but maximum payment for services) and “Premiere Option” (i.e. larger network of providers but less than maximum payment for services). Your plan will take effect on the first day of the month after one full calendar month of employment (Example: Hire date is January 30th, your Delta coverage begins on March 1st.) Please contact Delta before you attend any appointments to assure that you are covered on Delta. If you find out that you are not covered, then cancel your dental appointment and reschedule it to assure that your benefit will pay for services rendered by your dental provider.