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Health Net Expands Mobile Capabilities

^{Published on 2010-10-28 05:37:08 - Market Wire}
 

LOS ANGELES--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Health Net, Inc ]. (NYSE:HNT) has expanded its mobile offerings by providing members with mobile access to their accounts through their Android phones.

"We continue expanding the usefulness of our mobile offerings by planning apps for other platforms and working to introduce mobile chat capabilities with customer service representatives in the near future."

aThis expands on our earlier launch of iPhone and iPod touch capabilities and provides our members with the same on-the-go access to key account details, including mobile versions of ID cards, maps and directions to health care providers and the ability to get business done from anywhere they can use an Android, iPhone and iPod touch,a said Juanell Hefner, chief customer services officer for Health Net. aWe continue expanding the usefulness of our mobile offerings by planning apps for other platforms and working to introduce mobile chat capabilities with customer service representatives in the near future.a

Key features of Health Neta™s Android app are:

• Access to health plan details, like ID numbers, effective dates, deductible and copayment levels and schedule of benefits information
• Access to information and background on health care providers who contract with Health Net
• Ability to search for contracting health care providers and urgent care facilities by location, including directions to their addresses
• Mobile version of ID cards for all covered family members
• Handy contact information to Health Neta™s customer service representatives
• A help section for Health Net mobile functions, including a set of frequently asked questions.

The Health Net Mobile app for Android devices is available for free in the Android Market.

About Health Net

Health Net, Inc. is among the nationa™s largest publicly traded managed health care companies. Its mission is to help people be healthy, secure and comfortable. The companya™s health plans and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to approximately 6.0million individuals across the country through group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE and Veterans Affairs programs. Health Neta™s behavioral health subsidiary, MHN, provides mental health benefits to approximately 5.5 million individuals in all 50 states. The companya™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 companya™s website at [ www.healthnet.com ].

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All statements in this press release, other than statements of historical information provided herein, may be deemed to be forward-looking statements and as such are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on managementa™s analysis, judgment, belief and expectation only as of the date hereof, and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Without limiting the foregoing, statements including the words abelieves,a aanticipates,a aplans,a aexpects,a amay,a ashould,a acould,a aestimate,a aintenda and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially due to, among other things, health care reform; costs, fees and expenses related to the post-closing administrative services to be provided under the administrative services agreements entered into in connection with the sale of our Northeast business; potential termination of the administrative services agreements by the service recipients should we breach such agreements or fail to perform all or a material part of the services required thereunder; any liabilities of the Northeast business that were incurred prior to the closing of its sale as well as those liabilities incurred through the winding-up and running-out period of the Northeast business; rising health care costs; continued recessionary economic conditions or a further decline in the economy; negative prior period claims reserve developments; trends in medical care ratios; unexpected utilization patterns or unexpectedly severe or widespread illnesses; membership declines; rate cuts affecting our Medicare or Medicaid businesses; litigation costs; regulatory issues; operational issues; investment portfolio impairment charges; volatility in the financial markets; and general business and market conditions. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed in the aRisk Factorsa section included within the companya™s most recent Annual Report on Form10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (aSECa), and the risks discussed in the companya™s other filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any of its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date of this release.