OTHER NEWS - Sept. 12, 1994

Foundation Wins Military Contract: The Rancho Cordova-based health maintenance organization said it has won a five-year, $648-million contract to provide managed health-care services to military dependents and retirees in Oregon and Washington state. Under the contract, Foundation will manage medical care for 230,000 beneficiaries of the Defense Department’s Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, or CHAMPUS. An unsuccessful bidder for the contract was Health Systems International Inc., a Woodland Hills-based HMO. Last year, Foundation lost a $3.5-billion CHAMPUS contract for California and Hawaii. Foundation protested the decision, which the government then put out for rebid. A decision is expected this fall.