Company Website:
http://www.healthnet.com
LOS ANGELES -- (Business Wire)
Health
Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT) today announced that it appointed George
Miller, 69, to its board of directors, effective March 12, 2015.
Miller served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 through
January 2015, representing the 11th district in Northern California.
During his service as a congressman, from 1975 to 2011 he served as the
Chairperson of the House Committee on Education and the Work Force,
which was one of the three committees responsible for passage of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the House. Miller also served as the
Chairperson of the House Committee on Natural Resources from 1991 to
1995, and served on the House Select Committee on Children, Youth and
Families from 1982 to 1984. He also served as the Vice-Chair of the
Democratic Committee on Steering and Policy for eight years and as a
member of the House Committee on the Budget.
“I am pleased to welcome George to Health Net’s board,” said Jay
Gellert, president and chief executive officer of Health Net, Inc.
“George is known and respected for his intimate understanding and
leadership across a full range of policy areas, including health care
and the ACA.”
The company also announced the retirement of Patrick Foley, effective
May 7, 2015. Foley served as a director of the company since April 1997
and as a director of a predecessor company since 1996. He currently is a
member of Health Net’s compensation and governance committees.
“On behalf of the entire board and Health Net, I’d like to thank Pat for
his tireless commitment to the company,” stated Gellert. “His
involvement has added greatly to our company, and we will miss him.”
About Health Net
Health Net, Inc. 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 6.0 million individuals across the
country through group, individual, Medicare (including the Medicare
prescription drug benefit commonly referred to as “Part D”), Medicaid,
dual eligible, U.S. Department of Defense, including TRICARE, and U.S.
Department of 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.
Contacts:
Health Net, Inc.
Investor Contact:
Peter O’Neill,
818-676-8692
peter.x.o’neill@healthnet.com
or
Media
Contact:
Brad Kieffer, 818-676-6833
brad.kieffer@healthnet.com
Source: Health Net, Inc.
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