"Actual loss ratio" means, for large employer coverage issued by a dental carrier, the ratio of incurred claims and other compensation paid or due to dental providers for the reporting period to earned premiums for dental services provided under a dental carrier contract issued in the Commonwealth, excluding, for the reporting period, (i) related state and federal taxes; (ii) related licensing and regulatory fee expenses; (iii) nonprofit community benefit expenditures, which have been disclosed to the public, to support dental services and improve dental care access and quality in the Commonwealth; (iv) the amounts or related claims payments identified through fraud reduction efforts; and (v) any other related payments required under state or federal law.
"Dental carrier" means (i) any carrier, as defined in § 38.2-3407.15, that offers separate or specific dental policies to large employers; (ii) any nonstock corporation that offers or administers dental services plans, as defined in § 38.2-4501, to large employers; or (iii) a dental plan organization, as defined in § 38.2-6101, that provides coverage to large employers.
"Large employer" means, with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least 51 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least one employee on the first day of the plan year.
Va. Code § 38.2-316.2