Health Net
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{{Infobox_Company
|company_name=Health Net, Inc.
|company_logo=[[Image:Health Net vert no tag color.png|center|125px|Health Net logo]]
|company_type=[[Public company|Public]] ({{nyse|HNT}})
|foundation=
|location=[[Woodland Hills, California]]
|key_people=[[Jay Gellert]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
|industry=[[Healthcare]]
|revenue=
|num_employees=9,300
|homepage=[http://www.healthnet.com healthnet.com]
}}
'''Health Net, Inc'''. is among the [[United States of America]]'s largest publicly traded managed health care companies. The company’s [[Health maintenance organization|HMO]], [[Point of service plan|POS]], insured [[Preferred provider organization|PPO]] and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to approximately 6.6 million individuals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia through group, individual, [[Medicare (United States)|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.
Health Net's headquarters are located in [[Woodland Hills, California]].
==Divisions==
'''Health Net Federal Services, Inc.''' ('''HNFS''') is the government operations division of Health Net. It is the [[TRICARE]] North region provider as of July 1, 2004.
== Health Net sponsorships==
Since 2003, Health Net has been the title sponsor of the [[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis]], a USA-based professional cycling team. In addition, Health Net is often a sponsor of a variety of professional cycling races such as the CSC Invitational.
== Quality of Care ==
On the 2007 [http://opa.ca.gov/report_card/hmorating.aspx Health Care Quality Report Card] produced by [http://opa.ca.gov California's Office of the Patient Advocate], HealthNet (CA) received 3 out of 4 scores for meeting national standards of care, and for how members rate their HMO.
== Controversy==
In 2007, Patsy Bates, a California beautician, sued Health Net claiming that they wrongfully terminated her care in the middle of her chemotherapy treatments. Internal company documents made public during the law suit revealed that the company had tied bonuses to dropping coverage in order to encourage its analysts in charge of recission reviews to discover reasons (such as application fraud) to discontinue coverage to clients who the company deems will cost them money. The company pointed out that Bates had withheld critical information - that she had damaged her heart by the use of [[fen-phen]] for diet purposes and stated an inaccurate weight; Bates replied that the insurance broker had filled out the form for her and she had been busy in her salon. <ref>{{cite web| title=Health Insurer Tied Bonuses to Dropping Sick Policyholders. | publisher =LA Times | url=t| accessdate =2007-11-11}}</ref> In February 2008 the court ruled in favor of Bates, ordering Health Net to pay 8.4 million in punitive damages and $750,000 for emotional distress. <ref>{{cite web| title=Insurer Fined $9M for Dropping Calif. Breast Cancer Patient in Middle of Her Chemo | publisher =AP | url=http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Insurer_that_cut_client_s_care_fine_02232008.html| accessdate =2008-02-23}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.hnfs.net/common/home/ Health Net Federal Services website]
Rancho Cordova's Health Net division may see layoffs
* http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/766746.html
Health insurer tied bonuses to dropping sick policyholders
* http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-insure9nov09,1,5878955,print.story?ctrack=5&cset=true
February 23, 2008: Health Insurer Fined $9M for Dropping Calif. Breast Cancer Patient in Middle of Her Chemo
* http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Insurer_that_cut_client_s_care_fine_02232008.html
[[Category:Companies based in Los Angeles, California]]
[[Category:Health care companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Health maintenance organizations]]