Health Net Federal Services Earns Center of Excellence from BenchmarkPortal

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Health Net Federal Services, LLC (HNFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation CNC, today announced its call center operations were certified as a Center of Excellence by BenchmarkPortal for the fourth consecutive year.

"Health Net Federal Services is proud to be recognized for its continued quality performance demonstrated by its certification as a Center of Excellence for its fourth year," said Billy Maynard, president and CEO of HNFS. "We strive for excellence, efficiency and effectiveness in our mission to provide quality service to our beneficiaries, health care providers and customers. Recognition of our mission through the rigorous standards of BenchmarkPortal's certification validates the strength and success of our business practices."

Only 10 percent of call centers evaluated by BenchmarkPortal are certified as centers of excellence. This certification is based on best-practice metrics that are drawn from the world's largest database of objective and quantitative data, which are audited and validated by BenchmarkPortal researchers.

"The certification of HNFS is a direct result of its leadership's commitment to balancing cost-effective service solutions with best-in-class service performance. It is an achievement of distinction," said Bruce Belfiore, BenchmarkPortal's chief executive officer.

Audits of call centers jointly operated by HNFS and PGBA, which serve TRICARE beneficiaries in the North Region, were conducted as part of the certification process. TRICARE is the uniformed services health care program for active duty, retired, Guard and Reserve, and their families provided through the U.S. Department of Defense.

About BenchmarkPortal

According to the BenchmarkPortal website, BenchmarkPortal was founded in 1995 and is a global leader in the contact center industry providing benchmarking, certification, training, consulting and industry reports. BenchmarkPortal's mission is to help contact centers reach peak performance in operational effectiveness and efficiency so centers will realize increased levels of agent and customer loyalty while containing costs and building enterprise value.

For more information on BenchmarkPortal, please call 1-800-214-8929 or visit www.BenchmarkPortal.com.

About Health Net Federal Services

Health Net Federal Services has a long history of providing cost-effective, quality managed health care programs for government agencies, including the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. As the managed care support contractor for the TRICARE North Region, HNFS provides health care services to approximately 2.9 million uniformed services beneficiaries, active and retired, and their families. In addition, HNFS provides quality behavioral health services for active duty service members, veterans and their families. Visit www.hnfs.com for more information.

About Centene

Centene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a diversified, multi-national healthcare enterprise that provides a portfolio of services to government-sponsored healthcare programs, focusing on under-insured and uninsured individuals. Many receive benefits provided under Medicaid, including the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as Aged, Blind or Disabled (ABD), Foster Care and Long Term Care (LTC), in addition to other state-sponsored/hybrid programs, Medicare (including the Medicare prescription drug benefit commonly known as "Part D"), as well as programs with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Centene operates local health plans and offers a range of health insurance solutions. It also contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations to provide specialty services including behavioral health management, care management software, correctional healthcare services, dental benefits management, in-home health services, life and health management, managed vision, pharmacy benefits management, specialty pharmacy and telehealth services.

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