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Health Net Federal Services Selects NaviMedix Web-Based Payer-Provider Network to Enable Real Time Communications With Physicians

Posted on: Monday, 21 May 2007, 09:00 CDT

Health Net Federal Services (Health Net), the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), today announced its selection of NaviMedix, Inc., the leader and innovator in automating provider communications with health plans, care management companies and other industry participants, to help improve communications with its provider network and enhance member care management. Health Net will use NaviMedix's Web-based payer-provider communications network, NaviNet®, to automate its referral and pre-authorization processes, increasing efficiency and reliability and enabling physician offices and hospitals to receive faster responses from the health plan about their patients' care.

With NaviNet, Health Net will be able to reallocate valuable clinical resources from performing administrative tasks to focus more on care management, and its network providers will virtually eliminate time-consuming phone- and paper-based interactions with the health plan. Health Net will also see significant operational efficiencies associated with eliminating manual review processes and decreasing demands on its call center and other internal resources.

"Health Net Federal Services' goal has always been to provide the fastest and most reliable services for our 100,000 civilian providers," said Paul Gilbertson, chief operating officer of Health Net Federal Services. "NaviNet will make it much easier and convenient for our providers to manage their communications with us. We are also taking a significant step forward in our ability to capture, analyze and act on utilization data related to referrals and pre-authorizations."

NaviMedix solutions deliver unprecedented transaction volume and value to its health plan partners and other NaviNet sponsors, by providing each sponsor with access to a ready-made network of providers already using the Web portal to interact with multiple health plans and partners. The NaviNet provider network consists of over 180,000 physicians in 50 states, all using NaviNet to communicate with multiple sponsors using a common workflow interface.

"NaviMedix is delivering benefits for payers, care managers and healthcare providers alike via NaviNet, our network platform that will eventually offer a single point of access for providers to interact with all health plans as well as other sponsors -- at no cost," said Tim Hargarten, president and chief executive officer of NaviMedix. "NaviNet is emerging as the communications platform preferred by providers. We give our partners a real-time channel to reach physicians and we give physicians an information-sharing mechanism to communicate with the constituents involved in their patients' care."

About Health Net

Health Net Federal Services, a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc., has a long history of providing cost-effective and quality managed health care programs for government agencies, including the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. As the managed care support contractor for the TRICARE North Region, Health Net provides health care services to over 3 million uniformed services beneficiaries, active and retired, and their families.

Health Net, Inc. is among the nation's largest publicly traded managed health care companies. Its mission is to help people be healthy, secure and comfortable. The company's HMO, POS, insured PPO and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to approximately 6.6 million individuals in 27 states and the District of Columbia through group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE and Veterans Affairs programs. Health Net's behavioral health services subsidiary, MHN, provides behavioral health, substance abuse and employee assistance programs (EAPs) to approximately 7.3 million individuals in various states, including the company's own health plan members. The company'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 company's Web site at www.healthnet.com. For more information on Health Net Federal Services, please visit www.healthnetfederalservices.com.

About NaviMedix

NaviMedix is the leader and innovator in automating provider communications with health plans, care management companies and other industry participants, enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, improving relationships and optimizing care. NaviMedix offers automated information exchange, technology and services that deliver integrated business and clinical information from multiple health plans and partners directly into the provider office. Today, more than 180,000 physicians and 1500 hospitals across the country use NaviMedix's NaviNet® solutions and services to collaborate with the nation's leading health plans and healthcare service organizations. For more information, please visit www.navimedix.com or call us at 617-715-6000 or 800-805-7569.

Source: Business Wire

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