Health Net Federal Services is Re-Awarded Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Contract in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), today announced it has been re-awarded a contract by the Martinsburg VA Medical Center (VAMC) to provide primary care, mental health care, women’s health care, and preventive health services to veterans enrolled in the VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) located in Harrisonburg, Va. The clinic serves veterans residing primarily in the counties of Rockingham, Albemarle, Augusta and Greene.

"Health Net is honored to continue serving veterans in the Harrisonburg VA Clinic,” said Donna Hoffmeier, program officer, VA Services. "We strive to provide those we serve with quality care, outstanding patient access, and high satisfaction with our comprehensive health care services.”

Health Net has partnered with the Martinsburg VAMC to deliver primary care and mental health services in Harrisonburg since 1999. In serving the special health care needs of veterans, the Harrisonburg VA clinic offers chronic disease management, as well as health promotion programs, on a wide range of health issues such as smoking, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Veterans are screened and treated for conditions such as alcohol and substance abuse, military sexual trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The clinic staff ensures that veterans are treated wholly, and all aspects of their physical and emotional health care needs are met or exceeded by the primary care and mental health services offered.

"The Harrisonburg VA clinic gives us wonderful care,” said Teresa Wentz, an Army veteran who receives care frequently at the clinic. "I always feel comfortable and welcome when I go to the clinic. The staff is very friendly. They know you by name, and they take the time to make sure your health issues are addressed.”

Wentz served in the Army for 21 years before retiring about nine years ago. As a veteran with disabilities, she appreciates the close distance of the community clinic, as well as the ability to receive most of her follow-up care in Harrisonburg.

The Harrisonburg clinic staff also is sensitive to the special health needs of women, and offers women veterans the opportunity to be seen by one of three female providers in an exam room equipped to meet female patients’ needs. A full range of well-woman services is offered, and Well Woman clinics provide comprehensive women’s health care, including education, family planning, breast cancer screening, and cervical cancer screening.

"The women’s services are wonderful, and they give me a choice of seeing a female physician,” Wentz added. "I know that I can receive all of my routine checkups, follow-up care and my well-woman visits without needing to drive for two hours to the closest VA medical center. The clinic staff is very thorough, and they always take the time to talk to me and make me feel I’m not just another patient.”

For more information, please contact the Harrisonburg CBOC at 540-442-1773.

About Health Net’s VA Programs

Health Net is proud to partner with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide high quality, cost-effective health care programs serving veterans nationwide. Health Net has proudly supported VA CBOCs for more than 12 years, and continuously strives for outstanding patient access, quality health care and patient satisfaction.

Health Net also provides claims repricing services as a subcontractor for its Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business partners for five regional contracts across the U.S., and provides Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) hospital claims validations for VA’s National DRG Recovery Audit Program. For more information on Health Net’s VA Programs, visit our Web site at www.healthnetfederalservices.com/va.

About Health Net

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc., 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 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 6.7 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 6.9 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.

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