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September 21, 2001 at 08:00 PM
NU Online News Service, Sept. 21, 9:36 a.m. – Health Net Inc., Los Angeles, today announced that as of Jan. 1, its health plans will no longer offer Medicare+Choice products in nine counties in California and New York.
Health Net provides Medicare+Choice benefits to nearly 14,000 beneficiaries in these nine counties, representing approximately 6% of Health Net’s 224,000 total Medicare+Choice members, the company says.
Beginning Jan. 1, Health Net of California will stop offering Medicare+Choice individual and group products in El Dorado, Marin, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Ventura counties, affecting approximately 8,900 beneficiaries, the company says.
In Riverside and San Bernardino counties, Health Net will stop offering an individual Medicare+Choice product, affecting approximately 2,600 individuals, but will continue to offer its group product through employer-sponsored plans, the company says.
In addition, Health Net of California will stop offering Medicare+Choice products in the northern and central portions of San Mateo County, affecting 2,000 beneficiaries; it will continue to offer the product in the southern portion of the county, the company says.
Health Net of the Northeast, formerly PHS Health Plans, will stop offering its individual and group Medicare+Choice products in New York City, affecting approximately 400 beneficiaries, the company says.
“Government reimbursement rates for Medicare+Choice are not keeping pace with rising health-care costs — forcing us to again make tough and difficult decisions about our product offerings,” says Jay Gellert, president and chief executive officer of Health Net Inc.
