Health Net Awards $1.5 Million to Help Close Insurance Gap, Improve Quality of Care and Enhance Health Outcomes
September 26 2017 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
10 recipients are in Northern California, the
Central Valley and Los Angeles
Grants and investments are core components of
company’s efforts to transform the health of the communities it
serves, one person at a time
Health Net, Inc. (“Health Net”), one of California’s largest
health insurance companies, is awarding a combined $1.5 million to
10 health care and community-based organizations across the state
to help close the insurance gap, improve the quality and
availability of health care and enhance health outcomes in
medically underserved communities.
These grants are supported by Health Net’s Community and
Infrastructure Investment Program, created as a result of the
Undertakings agreed to by Health Net and the California Department
of Managed Health Care as a condition of the department’s approval
of the merger between Centene Corporation and Health Net, Inc.
“Increasing the number of insured individuals is an important
part of our efforts to transform the health of the communities we
serve,” said Steve Sell, president of Health Net of California,
Inc. “We are partnering with key health care providers to help them
expand their services and capacity for serving patients. By
supporting these organizations, we are helping Californians be well
and stay well.”
The organizations receiving the grants support a wide range of
programs and initiatives that directly address many of the unmet
needs of the state’s most underserved communities. Investments in
these organizations, through Health Net’s Community &
Infrastructure Investment Program, are intended to grow coverage in
health insurance programs and help individuals find the care they
need.
“Many of the recipients are committed to providing culturally
relevant programs, education and services focused on medical,
dental and behavioral health care to underserved populations,” said
Carol Kim, vice president of Community Investments & Public
Affairs for Health Net. “And they are committed to expanding
outreach efforts to help individuals enroll and retain Medi-Cal and
Covered California coverage and navigate the health care
system.”
The Recipients
Northern California
- Ampla Health: $150,000 to facilitate
access to healthcare, educate consumers about the importance of
good health and help families enroll in and renew their Medi-Cal
and Covered California coverage.
- Sacramento Covered: $150,000 to
develop, integrate and implement Medi-Cal and Covered California
retention tools, protocols and strategies.
Central Valley
- Centro La Familia Advocacy Services:
$100,000 to support the Aseguré Su Bienstar (Secure Your Wellbeing)
program, which helps increase awareness of the benefits and
requirements of Medi-Cal enrollment through education and outreach
activities at health fairs, community forums and workshops.
- Community Health Initiative of Kern
County: $100,000 to increase enrollment and retention in the
Medi-Cal program as part of the “Good Health Starts at Your Medical
Home” program that serves largely agricultural communities.
Los Angeles
- East Valley Community Health Center:
$100,000 to educate individuals on their health plan benefits and
how to access healthcare, and to increase access to social service
resources.
- Institute for High Quality Care:
$500,000 to support safety net healthcare providers statewide by
increasing their capacity to apply quality improvement tools and
techniques to positively affect their required performance and
quality measures, including HEDIS. And to design a program to
increase the number of Medi-Cal providers engaging in, and
sustaining, quality improvement efforts.
- Maternal & Child Health Access:
$100,000 to implement enrollment and retention strategies,
primarily for Medi-Cal, and advocate on behalf of Medi-Cal
beneficiaries.
- Northeast Valley Health Corporation:
$100,000 to implement Medi-Cal and Covered California enrollment
and retention strategies and provide education on navigating the
healthcare system.
- Southside Coalition of Community Health
Centers: $100,000 to educate local residents about enrolling in
health coverage for low-income and undocumented adults and
children, and provide care-coordination when patients are admitted
to or treated in the emergency department at California Hospital
Medical Center.
- The Children’s Clinic: $100,000 to
increase enrollment and retention, primarily in Medi-Cal, through
enhanced in-reach and outreach activities to help improve
re-enrollment rates.
About Health Net
Health Net, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene
Corporation (NYSE: CNC), provides and administers health benefits
through group, individual, Medicare (including the Medicare
prescription drug benefit commonly referred to as “Part D”),
Medicaid and dual eligible programs. Health Net also offers access
to behavioral health, substance abuse and employee assistance
programs, and managed health care products related to prescription
drugs. For more information on Health Net, please visit the
company’s website at www.healthnet.com.
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