Health Net Federal Services Develops Demonstration Video to Promote New Behavioral Health Services Program

Health Net Federal Services, LLC (Health Net), the government operations division of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), today announced the launch of its TRICARE Assistance Program (TRIAP) Demonstration Video. Health Net’s video introduces service members and their families in the TRICARE North Region to TRICARE’s TRIAP, providing Web-based video counseling with a licensed behavioral health clinician to military families experiencing personal life issues that impact their work and overall well-being.

"Health Net developed the TRIAP Demonstration Video to emphasize the ease with which service members and eligible family members can use the latest Internet technology to have a personalized, one-on-one coaching session from the privacy of their own home to resolve daily stressors,” said Steve Tough, president, Health Net Federal Services.

With the use of a personal computer, Web cam and online access, individuals meet "face-to-face” over the Internet with a behavioral health professional. Web-based video counseling uses a short-term, solution focused, problem solving approach to help members of military families cope with personal life issues such as frequent deployments and reintegration, relationship and parenting challenges, anxiety and stress, financial concerns, frequent moves and poor communication with loved ones.

TRIAP is designed to provide tools and techniques individuals can begin using immediately in one to two coaching sessions and is not a form of ongoing therapy. Eligible individuals have unlimited access to TRIAP services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Additionally, TRIAP coaching sessions are confidential and not documented on military health records.

To set up a confidential Web-based video coaching session through TRIAP, service members and eligible family members can call 1-800-404-5085 for assistance. For more information, visit Health Net Federal Services.

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 Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. As the current 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 health plans and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to approximately 6.6 million individuals across the country through group, individual, Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE and Veterans Affairs programs. Health Net’s behavioral health subsidiary, MHN, provides mental health benefits to approximately 6.5 million individuals in all 50 states. 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.

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