Jim Woys is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Health Net, Inc. He assumed responsibility for all operational matters of the company, including the commercial, Medicare and Medicaid lines of business, as well as the Health Plans and Government Programs division and all company administrative functions, in November 2008.
Mr. Woys was appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer in November 2007, and was accountable for a broad range of operations, including claims processing, membership and billing, call centers, information technology, the company’s Internet activities, health care cost data analytics, and pharmacy management. He had responsibility for three business units: Health Net Federal Services (HNFS), the government operations division; MHN, Health Net’s behavioral health subsidiary; and Health Net Pharmaceutical Services (HNPS), the company’s internal pharmacy benefit manager. Mr. Woys is a member of Health Net’s Executive Committee.
Mr. Woys joined Foundation Health Corporation, a predecessor company of Health Net, in 1986.
Prior to joining Health Net, Mr. Woys was a consultant at Arthur Andersen/ PriceWaterhouse.
Mr. Woys earned his MBA from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Arizona State University.
Health Net is among the nation’s largest publicly traded managed health care companies and is currently ranked #146 on the 2010 Fortune 500 list of corporations. Health Net’s mission is to help people be healthy, secure and comfortable. The company’s health plans and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to approximately 6.0 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 5.5 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.
