Health Net, UC and UC Health create new
collaboration model to serve nearly 100,000 enrollees in the Health
Net Blue & Gold HMO
Initiative expected to help deliver greater
efficiencies, quality and cost savings to UC employees across the
state with Health Net coverage
Health Net of California, Inc., a subsidiary of Health Net,
Inc., is expanding the implementation of accountable care
arrangements for University of California (UC) employees at UC
campuses in Davis, Irvine and San Diego in 2016.
Health Net currently has accountable care arrangements at UC
campuses in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The new systemwide
agreement between UC and Health Net expands the role of UC Health
in a new accountable care arrangement responsible for serving the
health care needs of almost half of the UC employees across the
state enrolled in Health Net Blue & Gold HMO.
Enhanced Collaboration
To optimize the performance of the Health Net Blue & Gold
HMO, which is the health coverage selected by many UC employees and
their eligible family members, Health Net, UC and UC Health have
established a new collaboration model.
“Together, we are committed to a long-term collaboration that
continues managing and expanding a portfolio of clinical care
initiatives to help enhance the health care experience of Health
Net members and help improve affordability,” said Steve Sell,
president of Health Net’s Western Region Health Plan.
Health Net has been at the forefront of developing innovative
arrangements that enhance the ability of health care providers to
improve quality, affordability, and the overall care
experience.
“UC Health is committed to managing its patient population in a
way that integrates services across the full spectrum of care, to
increase efficiencies in the delivery system and lead to better
outcomes and enhanced patient satisfaction,” said John Stobo, M.D.,
executive vice president for UC Health. “The expanded accountable
care arrangements between Health Net and UC in 2016 will serve UC’s
employees, non-Medicare retirees and their covered family members
enrolled in the Health Net Blue & Gold HMO who utilize UC
Health’s own provider groups and medical centers.”
“The expanded contractual relationship with Health Net provides
even more transparency into our health care delivery system for the
benefit of our employee population,” Stobo said. “Our arrangement
enables us to work as a team with Health Net to develop advanced
care models and integrated systems and apply best practices at all
five academic medical centers to provide the right care at the
right time and in the right place.”
“Health Net’s existing accountable care arrangement in San
Francisco clearly demonstrates the power of collaboration,” said
Sell. “During its first three years, the San Francisco initiative
achieved $25 million in savings by increasing access to care
through wider use of urgent care centers, transforming members’
care experience when they were hospitalized, and offering
assistance for members and physicians to better manage patients’
medications. Together, these improvements help improve patients’
relationships with their doctors, and the success is due to the
collaborative efforts of our provider partners: UCSF Medical
Center, Hill Physicians Medical Group and Dignity Health.”
“Ever since we implemented our care arrangements in San
Francisco in 2013 and Los Angeles in 2015, our goal has been to
help improve clinical outcomes and the patient experience while
aiming to reduce the health care cost expenditures of our UC
members,” said Terri Guzy, Health Net vice president of Strategic
Provider Partnerships. “We’re excited about the expansion to the
Davis, Irvine and San Diego campuses, and we look forward to
working with the University of California to build upon its
clinical expertise as we evolve to the next stage of our innovative
arrangements.”
UC Health’s accountable care arrangements are highlights of the
Health Net Blue & Gold provider network, which was specifically
developed in collaboration with UC. The network contracts with
selected physician groups and hospitals in 30 California counties
and provides access to employees and non-Medicare retirees of the
UC system and their eligible family members.
UC employees and their eligible family members may get more
information about the Health Net Blue & Gold HMO at
www.healthnet.com/uc.
About Health Net
Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT) 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 provides and administers health benefits to
approximately 6.1 million individuals across the country
through group, individual, Medicare (including the Medicare
prescription drug benefit commonly referred to as “Part D”),
Medicaid and dual eligible programs, as well as programs with the
U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Health Net also offers behavioral health, substance abuse and
employee assistance programs, and managed health care products
related to prescription drugs.
For more information on Health Net, Inc., please visit Health
Net’s website at www.healthnet.com.
About University of California
With 10 campuses, five medical centers, three national labs and
more than 1.7 million alumni, the University of California is the
nation’s premier public research university. For more, visit:
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/.
About UC Health
University of California Health includes five academic medical
centers and 17 health professional schools. For more information,
visit http://health.universityofcalifornia.edu
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successfully participate in California’s Coordinated Care
Initiative, which is subject to a number of risks inherent in
untested health care initiatives and requires the company to
adequately predict the costs of providing benefits to individuals
that are generally among the most chronically ill within each of
Medicare and Medi-Cal and implement delivery systems for benefits
with which the company has limited operating experience; the
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uncertainties related to the mix and volume of business that could
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may not be sufficiently offset by the risk apportionment provisions
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