Health Net of the Northeast, Inc., headquartered in Shelton, Conn., provides administrative services to the following subsidiaries of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH): Health Net of New York, Inc., Health Net Insurance of New York, Inc.; Health Net of New Jersey, Inc. and Health Net of Connecticut, Inc. On December 11, 2009, UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, and Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) announced that UnitedHealthcare completed the acquisition of Health Net of the Northeast’s licensed subsidiaries and obtained the rights to renew Health Net’s membership in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. Health Net of the Northeast provides administrative services for approximately 580,000 members in the tri-state area, with a physician network comprising more than 160,000 physician and provider office locations, more than 5,000 pharmacies and nearly 250 hospitals throughout Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
