Essential Health Benefits

Provider Type

  • Physicians
  • Participating Physician Groups (PPG) 
    (does not apply to HSP)
  • Hospitals
  • Ancillary

Health Net provides coverage consistent with the Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) coverage requirement in accordance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). EHBs include items and services that fall into at least the following categories:

  • Ambulatory patient services
  • Emergency services
  • Hospitalization
  • Maternity and newborn care
  • Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment
  • Prescription medications
  • Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices
  • Laboratory services
  • Preventive and wellness services, and chronic disease management
  • Pediatric services, including dental and vision care

Actual EHB services vary by state, as each state may define EHB in accordance with its state benchmark plan. Plans subject to the EHB requirement must provide benefits that are equal to or greater than the state benchmark plan's benefits. Annual dollar limits on EHB are prohibited. Additional information regarding state benchmark plans is available on the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) website at www.cms.gov/cciio/index.html.