01/07/2009
AchieveSM dental plan is discontinued
There has been a recent change to our new dental offerings that may affect some of your quotes and renewals. The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) has determined that, since Asuris is licensed as a Health Care Services Contractor (HCSC), we are unable to sell dental products without a network. Therefore, the OIC has directed us to stop marketing and selling the Achieve dental plans effective Jan. 7, 2009.
The OIC will allow us to transition any active groups at renewal to EnhanceSM or AspireSM, each of which has a contracted network.
No new quotes are being issued for Achieve as of Jan. 7, 2009. If you received a quote for Achieve prior to Jan. 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 Enhance or Aspire.
For any group with an effective date of April 1, 2009, or later, we will offer an Enhance dental plan, which most closely matches the group's current Achieve plan. Our FAQ provides some additional details. Of course, as with any renewal, the group will also be free to choose any open dental plan.
We apologize for any inconvenience this change may cause.
If you have further questions, please talk to your Asuris Sales contact.
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