Health Net Federal Services Partners with Government to Provide Enhanced Care for Disease Management Program

Diabetes Program to Educate and Empower the Patient -

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health Net Federal Services, LLC (Health Net), the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), announced today its enhanced Disease Management diabetes program in partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD). The program enhancements align with Health Net’s goals to manage health care costs and continuously improve the quality of military health care services.

As part of the new program, the DoD will partner with Health Net to enroll beneficiaries with uncontrolled diabetes in the program, which is designed to develop a customized disease management regimen to help each beneficiary cope with their disease.

“Health Net Federal Services’ diabetes program approaches disease management through education, empowering patients to take control and participate in their health care, and learning how to effectively communicate with their doctors,” said Steve Tough, president, Health Net Federal Services.

“We believe this team offers a unique approach to controlling diabetes. All members of the team are disease specialists, including certified diabetes educators, dieticians, registered nurses and social workers. The social workers add a critical component, as it is common for patients with unmanaged chronic conditions to develop depression,” added Dr. Ted Christy, Health Net Federal Services’ vice president and acting chief medical officer. He went on to say that Health Net’s program specifically helps patients learn how to monitor, regulate and control their disease through at-home testing, regular screenings, medication, diet and exercise, and effective communication with medical professionals. Unmanaged diabetes can result in loss of vision, limbs and even life.

About Health Net

Health Net Federal Services, a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc., has a long history of providing cost-effective, quality managed health care programs for government agencies including the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. As the managed care support contractor for the TRICARE North Region, Health Net provides health care services to over 3 million uniformed services beneficiaries, active and retired, and their families.

Health Net, Inc. is among the nation’s largest publicly traded managed health care companies. Its mission is to help people be healthy, secure and comfortable. The company’s health plans and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to approximately 6.6 million individuals across the country through group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE and Veterans Affairs programs. Health Net’s behavioral health subsidiary, MHN, provides mental health benefits to approximately 7.1 million individuals in all 50 states. The company’s subsidiaries also offer managed health care products related to prescription drugs, and offer 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 the company’s Web site at www.healthnet.com. For more information on Health Net Federal Services, please visit www.healthnetfederalservices.com.

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