Management of chronic diseases demonstrates compliance with rigorous
health care standards
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ARLINGTON, Va. -- (Business Wire)
Health
Net Federal Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Health
Net, Inc., announced today it has been awarded full disease
management reaccreditation from URAC, a health care accrediting
organization that establishes quality standards for the health care
industry.
“Health Net’s compliance with URAC’s rigorous disease management
standards demonstrates the quality of our processes and business
practices in place to help those in the military community manage
chronic illnesses and reduce the potential for associated health care
complications,” said Thomas Carrato, president of Health Net Federal
Services.
Health Net Federal Services’ URAC disease management reaccreditation is
effective October 1, 2014, to October 1, 2017. Health Net has held
URAC’s disease management accreditation since October 2011.
“By applying for and receiving URAC accreditation, Health Net Federal
Services has demonstrated a commitment to quality health care,” said
URAC President and CEO Kylanne Green. “Quality healthcare is crucial to
our nation’s welfare and it is important to have organizations that are
willing to measure themselves against national standards and undergo
rigorous evaluation by an independent accrediting body.”
URAC is an independent, nonprofit health care accrediting organization
dedicated to promoting health care quality through accreditation,
education and measurement. URAC’s mission is to promote continuous
improvement in the quality and efficiency of health care management
through processes of accreditation, education and measurement. For more
information, visit www.urac.org.
About Health Net Federal Services
Health
Net Federal Services has a long history of providing cost-effective,
quality managed health care programs for government agencies, including
the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. As the managed care
support contractor for the TRICARE North Region, Health Net provides
health care services to approximately 2.8 million uniformed services
beneficiaries, active and retired, and their families. In addition,
Health Net provides high quality, cost-effective health care solutions
for veterans, as well as behavioral health services for active duty
service members, veterans and their families.
Additionally, Health Net Federal Services administers the Department of
Veterans Affairs’ Patient Centered Community Care (PC3) program in three
of six regions across the United States (regions 1, 2 and 4), which
includes all or portions of 37 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The PC3 program provides eligible
veterans access to health care through a comprehensive network of
community-based, non-VA medical professionals who meet VA quality
standards when VA supplements care outside its own facilities. Earlier
this month, VA extended its PC3 contract with Health Net to include
primary care services for veterans who are unable to obtain primary care
at a VA medical center in the three PC3 regions in which Health Net
operates. The expanded PC3 contract now adds primary care services to
Health Net’s existing specialty care and behavioral health services.
About Health Net
Health
Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) is a publicly traded managed care organization
that delivers managed health care services through health plans and
government-sponsored managed care plans. Its mission is to help people
be healthy, secure and comfortable. Health Net provides and administers
health benefits to approximately 5.8 million individuals across the
country through group, individual, Medicare (including the Medicare
prescription drug benefit commonly referred to as “Part D”), Medicaid,
U.S. Department of Defense, including TRICARE, and Veterans Affairs
programs. Health Net also offers behavioral health, substance abuse and
employee assistance programs, managed health care products related to
prescription drugs, managed health care product coordination for
multi-region employers, and administrative services for medical groups
and self-funded benefits programs.
For more information on Health Net, Inc., please visit Health Net’s
website at www.healthnet.com.
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Contacts:
Health Net, Inc.
Brad Kieffer, 818-676-6833
brad.kieffer@healthnet.com
Source: Health Net, Inc.
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