Delta Dental of Pennsylvania

“The organization has one class of members, designated corporate members, who are directors of dentegra group, inc., the organization's parent holding company.”

“The organization's directors vote on persons nominated as directors for endorsement to the corporate members, who elect the directors.”

“The corporate members must approve any changes to specified bylaws provisions.”

“The organization's cfo and legal counsel oversee the completion of the form 990 and, prior to filing, review it with the president/ceo and with the audit committee of the board of directors.”

“Each director is required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement annually, and between annual statements is required to disclose any new position or relationship formed that potentially raises a conflict of interest. Legal counsel reviews these disclosures and reports the information to the full board of directors.”

“Compensation paid to the ceo and executive vice presidents is approved by the compensation committee of the organization. The compensation committee approves compensation for the ensuing year after reviewing comparability data presented by an independent outside compensation consultant, an assessment of each officer's performance over the preceding year, and the organization's program accomplishments for the prior year. Compensation paid to directors is also approved by the compensation committee after reviewing comparability data in a benchmarking study prepared and presented by an independent outside compensation consultant retained by the board of directors. These processes were followed for 2022 compensation.”

“The organization annually includes major portions of its financial statement in a published annual report that is made available to persons or entities known to have an interest in the organization, and is available to the larger public upon request. Statutory financial statements are included in quarterly and annual returns to state departments of insurance regulating the organization which returns are available to the public. The organization does not make its governing documents or conflict of interest policy available to the public.”

“The organization, regulated by the pennsylvania insurance department, is a member of the delta dental of california enterprise companies, which include delta dental of california, delta dental of pennsylvania and affiliated companies operating in 15 states, the district of columbia, puerto rico and the u.s. Virgin islands. The enterprise companies comprise one of the nation's largest dental benefits delivery systems covering 45 million enrollees and processing 57 million claims. Total revenue for the enterprise exceeded 9.8 billion in 2022. The organization represents approximately 9% of total enterprise revenues.”