California Prison Health Care Services Awards Contract to Health Net Network Services

Health Net Federal Services, LLC (Health Net), a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc. HNT, announced that the California Prison Health Care Services (CPHCS) awarded Health Net the contract to administer the Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Network Services on behalf of CPHCS. The terms of the contract are for a three-year base period scheduled to commence January 1, 2011, with two one-year option periods. “Health Net is honored to partner with the California Prison Health Care Services as the contracted representative to provide cost-efficient access to quality health care services for the state’s 33 prison institutions,” said Steve Tough, president of Health Net’s Government & Specialty Services division, which includes Health Net Federal Services. “In addition to providing access for health care services through a network of providers across the state, Health Net will administer support around claims repricing, medical management, data analytics and reporting, and information technology services such as telemedicine.”