title: Hershey Foods Corporation: a case study in managed dental care.
abstract: Throughout the development and implementation of Health Smile. Hershey Foods has been committed to quality-based health plan options for its employees that serve as the route to cost-effective care. It is known that the company will need to make a short-term investment, rather than have unrealistic expectations of immediate cost savings. However, much of the long-term potential for Hershey Foods rests on the primary dentist's ability to use resources conservatively for the most effective patient outcomes. Health Smile represents Hershey Foods' best effort at forming a partnership relationship between a purchaser, provider, and a patient.
authors.affiliation: Hershey Foods Corporation, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hartline
mesh_terms: D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics; D007347:Insurance, Dental; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011243:Preferred Provider Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*