Health Net Federal Services Receives Full URAC Health Utilization Management and Case Management Reaccreditation
December 19 2014 - 12:45PM
Business Wire
Effective management of health care services
demonstrated by compliance with rigorous health care
standards
Health Net Federal Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Health Net, Inc., announced today it has been awarded full
reaccreditations for health utilization management V7.0 and case
management V5.0 from URAC, a health care accrediting organization
that establishes quality standards for the health care
industry.
“Health Net’s compliance with URAC’s rigorous utilization and
case management standards demonstrates our commitment to clinically
sound review processes to help ensure appropriate and efficient
health care services are delivered and promote the quality care our
beneficiaries deserve,” said Thomas Carrato, president of Health
Net Federal Services.
Health Net Federal Services’ URAC health utilization management
and case management reaccreditations are now effective through
December 1, 2016. Health Net has held URAC’s health utilization
management and case management accreditations since December
2005.
“Health Net Federal Services should be commended for meeting
strict quality standards,” said URAC President and CEO Kylanne
Green. “It is critically important for healthcare organizations to
make a commitment to quality and accountability. URAC accreditation
is a demonstration of that commitment.”
About URAC
URAC is a leader in promoting healthcare quality through its
accreditation, education, and measurement programs. URAC offers a
wide range of quality benchmarking programs and services that model
the rapid changes in the healthcare system and provide a symbol of
excellence for organizations to validate their commitment to
quality and accountability. For more information, visit
www.urac.org.
About Health Net Federal Services
Health Net Federal Services 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
approximately 2.8 million uniformed services beneficiaries,
active and retired, and their families. In addition, Health Net
provides high quality, cost-effective health care solutions for
veterans, as well as behavioral health services for active duty
service members, veterans and their families.
Additionally, Health Net Federal Services administers the
Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Patient-Centered Community
Care (PCCC) program in three of six regions across the United
States (regions 1, 2 and 4), which includes all or portions of 37
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands. The PCCC program provides eligible veterans access to
health care through a comprehensive network of community-based,
non-VA medical professionals who meet VA quality standards when VA
supplements care outside its own facilities. The program augments
the VA’s ability to provide specialty inpatient and outpatient
health care services, as well as behavioral health care, limited
emergency care and newborn care services to enrolled veterans.
Visit www.hnfs.com for more information.
About Health Net
Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) is a publicly traded managed care
organization that delivers managed health care services through
health plans and government-sponsored managed care plans. Its
mission is to help people be healthy, secure and comfortable.
Health Net provides and administers health benefits to
approximately 5.9 million individuals across the country
through group, individual, Medicare (including the Medicare
prescription drug benefit commonly referred to as “Part D”),
Medicaid, U.S. Department of Defense, including TRICARE, and
Veterans Affairs programs. Health Net also offers behavioral
health, substance abuse and employee assistance programs, managed
health care products related to prescription drugs, 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 Health
Net’s website at www.healthnet.com.
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Health Net, Inc.Media Contact:Brad Kieffer(818)
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