Health Net Supports Collaborative Effort between Civilian and Military Health Care.NEWPORT, R.I. -- Health Net Federal Services, Inc. (HNFS HNFS Health Net Federal Services (TRICARE) ), the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HNT HNT Hostage Negotiation Team ), today announced a $2,500 donation to the Newport Hospital Foundation. Newport Hospital, a local civilian hospital, partners with the Naval Health Clinic New England to provide inpatient care for all Naval personnel in the Newport TRICARE service area. "Health Net Federal Services is very proud to support Newport Hospital, which we work with very closely, to optimize the military's health care system and extend the standards of Naval medicine transparently," said Steve Tough, president, HNFS. Funds will support patient care, clinical education and medical research at Newport Hospital, which has served the community since 1873. Newport Hospital is a distinguished Magnet facility, credentialed by the American Nurses Association American Nurses Association, n.pr professional organization of registered nurses created to encourage high standards in nursing care, pro-mote nursing as a profession, and lobby Congress for issues of concern to nurses. for reduced recovery times, superior medical outcomes and excellent patient satisfaction. About Health Net Health Net Federal Services, a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), 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 HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, , POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale , insured PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to approximately 6.6 million individuals in 27 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). through group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE and Veterans Affairs programs. Health Net's behavioral health services subsidiary, MHN, provides behavioral health, substance abuse and employee assistance programs (EAPs) to approximately 7.3 million individuals in various states, including the company's own health plan members. 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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