LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The California Department of Health Care Services has announced its intent to award contracts to Health Net Community Solutions, Inc. to provide Medi-Cal benefits in the Central Valley counties of Kern, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare. Health Net Community Solutions is a subsidiary of Health Net of California, Inc., which is a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc. (HNT).

Under the two-plan Medi-Cal managed care model, Health Net Community Solutions would serve as the commercial health plan in each of the four counties.

Health Net Community Solutions would be the new commercial Medi-Cal plan in San Joaquin County; it already serves beneficiaries in Kern, Stanislaus and Tulare counties.

Were delighted the state intends to award us the four contracts, said DavidFriedman, vice president of State Health Programs for Health Net of California. We are committed to collaborating with doctors and hospitals to help provide Medi-Cal beneficiaries with access to quality care.

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About Health Net

Health Net, Inc. 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, through its subsidiaries, provides and administers health benefits to approximately 5.6million 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 Nets behavioral health services subsidiary, Managed Health Network, Inc., provides behavioral health, substance abuse and employee assistance programs to approximately 4.9million individuals, including Health Nets own health plan members. Health Nets 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 Health Nets website at http://www.healthnet.com.

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State Announces Intent to Award Four Medi-Cal Contracts to Health Net of California Subsidiary