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Radiance Discontinuation
Regence would like to inform you of a change to our new dental offerings that may effect some of your quotes and renewals. The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) has determined that as Regence is licensed as a Health Care Services Contractor (HCSC) we are unable to sell dental products without a network. The OIC has directed us to stop marketing and selling the Radiance dental plans effective January 7, 2009.
The OIC will allow Regence to transition any active groups upon their renewal cycle to a product with a contracted network – Expressions or Encore.
No new quotes will be issued for Radiance dental plans as of January 7, 2009. If you have already received a quote for Radiance prior to January 7, 2009, we are permitted to honor that quote so long as the effective date is prior to April 1, 2009. However, we encourage existing quotes to be changed to Expressions or Encore as these products are connected with the Regence dental network.
For all groups with an April 1, 2009 effective date or later, Regence will automatically offer an Expressions dental plan which most closely matches the group’s existing Radiance dental plan. Of course, as with any renewal, the group will be free to choose any open dental plan.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
If you have further questions, please contact your Regence Sales representative.
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