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Founder & Former CEO of Advantica Eyecare, Richard L. Sanchez, Joins the Argus Dental & Vision, Inc. Leadership Team
[August 31, 2016]

Founder & Former CEO of Advantica Eyecare, Richard L. Sanchez, Joins the Argus Dental & Vision, Inc. Leadership Team


Argus Dental & Vision, Inc. is pleased to announce that Richard L. Sanchez, former CEO and Founder of Advantica Eyecare, has joined the Argus leadership team as Executive Vice President of Strategic Alliances.

Dr. Nick M. Kavouklis, CEO and Founder of Argus Dental & Vision states, "Richard's years of experience has enabled him to build potent alliances and trusted relationships. Richard's talents and knowledge will provide a major advantage for Argus in the vision area with significant enhancement to our current vision client services as well as future health plan contracting within the triad of optical, optometric and ophthalmology."

Mr. Sanche will be responsible for the growth and development of the Argus Dental & Vision Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) vision program, market share and network expansion strategies, assisting in risk metrics pertaining to health plan and provider contracts, and advising the company on industry trends. He will also retain his current position as Managing Partner of the Visibility Management, LLC consulting firm.



About Argus Dental & Vision, Inc.

Founded in 2007 by a Florida dentist and licensed through the Florida Department of Insurance, Argus provides administration of dental and vision benefits that offer value and quality. Argus maintains three licensures as a Pre-paid Health Plan, a Discount Medical Plan and as a Third Party Administrator in twenty-five states across the country. Argus is the first dental plan organization in the United States to earn accreditation for quality care for both vision and dental by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). Argus provides fully-delegated services for Medicare and Medicaid HMO partners, commercial accounts and government agencies such as Florida Healthy Kids Corporation. Collaborations between consumers, providers and insurance agents has enabled Argus to customize flexible and affordable benefit plans to meet the specific needs of individuals, families, employer groups and associations with current Argus policy holders surpassing 680,000. Visit www.argusdentalvision.com for more information.



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