As part of the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of
2014, Health Net will provide access to medical care for eligible
veterans living more than 40 miles from a VA facility or who are unable
to get a VA appointment within certain timeframes
Company Website:
http://www.healthnet.com
ARLINGTON, Va. -- (Business Wire)
Health
Net Federal Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Health
Net, Inc., today announced it will expand its services with the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in support of the Veterans Access,
Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA).
The VACAA allows eligible veterans who live more than 40 miles from a VA
facility or are unable to get a VA appointment within 30 days of their
preferred date, or within 30 days of the date determined medically
necessary by their physician, to obtain approved care in their community
instead.
“Health Net is honored by the opportunity to assist VA in its efforts to
ensure veterans have access to timely care,” said Thomas Carrato,
president of Health Net Federal Services. “Health Net has proudly served
veterans for more than 16 years, and we look forward to our expanded
role and serving the men and women who have served our country through
their military service.”
VA has modified Health Net’s Patient Centered Community Care Contract
(PC3) to add several VACAA components, including production and
distribution of the new Veterans Choice Card, which allows veterans to
elect to receive care outside of VA when they qualify.
As a result of the contract modification, approximately 9 million
veterans will be provided with a Veterans Choice Card and Health Net
will operate a call center to assist veterans in determining their
eligibility to use the card, and to help educate them on the VACAA.
Health Net also will assist eligible veterans in obtaining an
appointment with a community provider meeting VACAA requirements. Health
Net will provide these services in the three PC3 regions in which it
operates.
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 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 VA’s Patient
Centered Community Care (PC3) program in TRICARE’s regions 1, 2 and 4,
which encompass all or portions of 37 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands.) PC3 provides eligible veterans with
coordinated, timely access to care through a comprehensive network of
non-VA providers who meet VA quality standards when a local VA facility
cannot readily provide the care.
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 5.9 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.
Cautionary Statements
The company and its representatives may from time to time make written
and oral forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act (“PSLRA”) of 1995, including statements
in this and other press releases, in presentations, filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), reports to stockholders and
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date hereof, and are subject to changes in circumstances and a number of
risks and uncertainties. Without limiting the foregoing, statements
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forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from
those expressed in, or implied or projected by the forward-looking
information and statements due to, among other things, health care
reform and other increased government participation in and taxation or
regulation of health benefits and managed care operations, including but
not limited to the implementation of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
of 2010 (collectively, the "ACA") and related fees, assessments and
taxes; the company’s ability to successfully participate in California’s
Coordinated Care Initiative, which is subject to a number of risks
inherent in untested health care initiatives and requires the company to
adequately predict the costs of providing benefits to individuals that
are generally among the most chronically ill within each of Medicare and
Medi-Cal and implement delivery systems for benefits with which the
company has limited operating experience; the company’s ability to
successfully participate in the federal and state health insurance
exchanges under the ACA, which have experienced technical challenges in
implementation and which involve uncertainties related to the mix and
volume of business that could negatively impact the adequacy of our
premium rates and may not be sufficiently offset by the risk
apportionment provisions of the ACA; increasing health care costs,
including but not limited to costs associated with the introduction of
new treatments or therapies; our ability to reduce administrative
expenses while maintaining targeted levels of service and operating
performance, including through our master services agreement with
Cognizant; whether we receive required regulatory approvals for
Cognizant’s provision of services to us and any conditions imposed in
order to obtain such regulatory approvals; our ability to recognize the
intended cost savings and other intended benefits of the Cognizant
transaction; and the risk that Cognizant may not perform contracted
functions and services in a timely, satisfactory and compliant manner;
negative prior period claims reserve developments; rate cuts and other
risks and uncertainties affecting the company’s Medicare or Medicaid
businesses; the company’s ability to successfully participate in
Arizona’s Medicaid program; trends in medical care ratios; membership
declines or negative changes in our health care product mix; unexpected
utilization patterns or unexpectedly severe or widespread illnesses; the
timing of collections on amounts receivable from state and federal
governments and agencies, including collections of amounts owed under
the T-3 contract; litigation costs; regulatory issues with federal and
state agencies including, but not limited to, the California Department
of Managed Health Care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services and state departments of insurance; operational issues; changes
in economic or market conditions; failure to effectively oversee our
third-party vendors; noncompliance by the company or the company’s
business associates with any privacy laws or any security breach
involving the misappropriation, loss or other unauthorized use or
disclosure of confidential information; impairment of the company’s
goodwill or other intangible assets; investment portfolio impairment
charges; volatility in the financial markets; and general business and
market conditions. Additional factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed in the “Risk
Factors” section included within the company’s most recent Annual Report
on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with
the SEC and the other risks discussed in the company’s filings with the
SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. Except as may be required by law, the
company undertakes no obligation to address or publicly update any
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise
after the date of this release.
Contacts:
Investors:
The Abernathy MacGregor Group
David Olson,
818-917-1469
dwo@abmac.com
or
Media:
Health
Net, Inc.
Brad Kieffer, 818-676-6833
brad.kieffer@healthnet.com
www.twitter.com/hn_bradkieffer
Source: Health Net Federal Services, LLC
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