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Health Net Partners with Blue Star Families and Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors to Help Prevent Suicide Among Military

^{Published on 2011-01-21 10:30:49 - Market Wire}
 

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Health Net Federal Services ], LLC, part of the Government Contracts segment of [ Health Net, Inc. ] (NYSE:HNT), today announced its partnership with Blue Star Families and long-time partner, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), to respond to the call for action for suicide prevention among military service members.

"We are prepared and focused to dedicate our behavioral health expertise and resources in response to this critical need in military health care."

Together, Health Net, Blue Star Families and TAPS have joined forces with The Creative Coalition to film a public service announcement, directed by actor, Tim Daly, and featuring celebrities attending the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, this weekend. The PSA is designed to deliver the powerful message to military service members, veterans and their families that they are not alone and help is available.

aHealth Net believes it has an obligation to those who voluntarily serve our nation to let them know ita™s OK to reach out for help. The need to respond to the behavioral health of our military service members has never been stronger. Our service members can experience multiple, extended deployments to some of the most dangerous places on earth. Resulting depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress has led to a suicide rate among our service members that continues to increase,a said Steve Tough, president of Health Neta™s Government and Specialty division, which includes Health Net Federal Services. aWe are prepared and focused to dedicate our behavioral health expertise and resources in response to this critical need in military health care.a

About Health Net

Health Net Federal Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc., 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 nearly 3.0million uniformed services beneficiaries, active and retired, and their families.

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. The companya™s behavioral health subsidiary, MHN, provides mental health benefits to approximately 5.4 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 ]. For more information on Health Net Federal Services, please visit[ http://www.healthnetfederalservices.com/ ]or on[ Facebook ].