WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has announced that Health Net, Inc. has added AT&T USA Direct(R) Toll-Free Service to an existing three-year OneNet contract. AT&T USA Direct Toll-Free Service provides Health Net members with access to customer service while they are traveling in more than 135 countries.
AT&T USA Direct Toll-Free Service will allow nearly 3 million Health Net commercial and Medicare members to access membership information while traveling internationally.
AT&T also provides Health Net with Internet access, local and long distance voice services, audio conferencing, Live Meeting and Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) services.
The expanded business agreement extends a relationship between AT&T and Health Net that spans nearly 20 years.
About Health Net
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 7.0 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 http://www.healthnet.com.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.
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