Eric has been a Health Net associate for more than four years as a Program Development Manager under the Public Health Coordination Team within Health Net’s State Health Programs. Eric has 10 years of experience in Public Health starting with the Fresno County Department of Community Health, Communicable Disease Division, and prior to Health Net, with the California State Immunization Branch. Eric’s responsibilities include, Medi-Cal coordination within managed care counties, contract development, Healthy Kids program management, health plan policy & procedure development, and improvements to access to care initiatives. Eric has been representing Health Net as a steering committee member for Children’s Health Initiatives (CHI) in Central Valley counties including Kern, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, and Merced counties since 2004. He currently serves as the chair of the Quality Assurance Committee with the Fresno County CHI. Eric works for Health Net of California, which is headquartered in Woodland Hills, California. Health net is one of the largest network-model health plans in California, employing more than 2,700 associates with over 1,000 associates in the greater Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley Health Net is contracted with more than 48,000 physicians, 300 hospitals and 4,600 pharmacies to provide members greater choices and convenient access to care. Health Net coverage plans include commercial, Medi-Cal, Medi-Care, Healthy Families, AIM, and Healthy Kids.