Our dental network will now exceed 35,000 providers. Thanks to this new contract we have broadened the scope of HMHS by adding a second line of business to our military services operations and deepened the national presence of our existing specialty dental products business. The dental program is a new benefit offering for reservists. This program is largely a response to the Defense Authorization Act of 1997 which seeks to ensure that reservists have no dental concerns that would delay readiness for a potential call to active duty. Enrollment is voluntary, but the government is anticipating that at least 20 percent of eligible reservists will participate in the program.
Revenues are dependent on the actual enrollment.
Military reservists who elect to enroll in the dental program will receive select diagnostic, routine, restorative, oral surgery and emergency dental services as determined by the Department of Defense. These services will be in exchange for a monthly premium, partially supplemented by the Department of Defense. HMHS currently administers a military contract that offers managed health care to 1.1 million military beneficiaries in the southeastern United States. EHI has more than one million managed dental members nationwide, making it one of the largest programs in the country. Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is one of the nation's largest publicly-traded managed health care companies with approximately 4.8 million health plan members primarily located in 17 states.