Health Net Federal Services Wins Distinguished Health Education Awards for 2^nd Year in a Row

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), today announced it recently received multiple awards for its health education materials and Web resources from the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC). HIRC is a national clearinghouse for consumer health programs, recognizing the best consumer health information materials and resources from top-rated organizations throughout the nation through its National Health Information and World Wide Web Health Awards. Nearly 1,000 entries were judged on content, format, effectiveness and overall quality by a panel of international health information and Internet experts.

“Recognition by the Health Information Resource Center complements our unwavering commitment to educate our beneficiaries and empower them to make healthy lifestyle choices and informed decisions about their health care.”

“We are very proud that our materials have been recognized once again as some of the best in the health care industry,” said Steve Tough, president, Health Net Federal Services. “Recognition by the Health Information Resource Center complements our unwavering commitment to educate our beneficiaries and empower them to make healthy lifestyle choices and informed decisions about their health care.”

Health Net Federal Services received six distinguished awards in the Health Promotion/Disease and Injury Prevention Information category. Health Net’s Healthy Weighs with Health Net Program postcard, Healthy Living Newsletter series, Clinical Preventive Exam card series and Healthy Recipe card series each won a National Health Information Award. Health Net’s Web-based resources, the Healthy Living page and Weight Management section, including the Healthy Weighs with Health Net’s Weight Management Program each received a World Wide Web Health Award.

The Weight Management Section not only includes the online Healthy Living with Health Net Weight Management Program, which provides individuals with education and support for reaching and maintaining a healthy weight for life, but also highlights fitness, healthy recipes and a variety of printable and online resources for beneficiaries and Military Treatment Facilities in the TRICARE North Region.

Health Net’s Healthy Living Web page provides comprehensive resources on a variety of health issues including cancer prevention, children’s health, disease management, heart health, men’s health, self-care, stress management, tobacco cessation, weight management and women’s health.

Health Net’s Preventive Care Services division provides extensive health information programs and resources for TRICARE beneficiaries and Military Treatment Facilities in order to promote good health and to help reduce the risk of disease among military families in the TRICARE North Region.

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. For more information on Health Net Federal Services, please visit www.healthnetfederalservices.com.

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