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The full rankings of America's Best Health Plans are online today atwww.usnews.com/healthplans, and the top 50 commercial, top 25 Medicare, top 25Medicaid, and "Honor Roll" health plans will be featured in the November 17/24issue of U.S. News, available on newsstands on Monday, November 10.
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The 2008 America's Best Health Plans rankings are based on more than 100aspects of prevention, treatment, and consumer experience, such as how quicklymembers receive needed care or how well a plan controls blood sugar levels inindividuals with diabetes. The Best Health Plans guide also identifies 126plans that chose to report no data.
"America's Best Health Plans places health plans nationwide on a levelplaying field and provides crucial information when consumers need it most,"said NCQA President Margaret E. O'Kane. "These rankings recognize the besthealth plans and identify those that are committed to improving their qualityof care through measurement and reporting."
"Health consumers today are overwhelmed with data and not all of it isclear, let alone trustworthy, said Avery Comarow, U.S. News editor ofAmerica's Best Health Plans. "The health plan rankings are part of the U.S.News mission to bring consumers data that is reliable, understandable, andtimely."
The complete 2008 Best Health Plans rankings are available atwww.usnews.com/healthplans. Highlights of this year's rankings are featuredbelow:
About NCQA
NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health careorganizations and recognizes physicians in key clinical areas. NCQA'sHealthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS(R)) is the mostwidely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA is committed toproviding health care quality information through the Web, media and datalicensing agreements in order to help consumers, employers and others makemore informed health care choices.
About the U.S. News Media Group
The U.S. News Media Group is a multiplatform digital publisher of news andanalysis, which includes U.S.News & World Report magazine, www.usnews.com, andwww.rankingsandreviews.com. Focusing on Health, Money & Business, Education,and Public Service/Opinion, the U.S. News Media Group has earned a reputationas the leading provider of service news and information that improves thequality of life of its readers. The U.S. News Media Group's signaturefranchises include its News You Can Use(R) brand of journalism and its"America's Best" series of consumer guides that include rankings of colleges,graduate schools, hospitals, health plans, and more.Top 10 Commercial Plans 1. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (Maine, Mass.) 2. Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization (Mass., N.H., R.I.) 3. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England (N.H.) 4. Grand Valley Health Plan (Mich.) 5. Geisinger Health Plan (Pa.) 6. Health New England (Conn., Mass.) 7. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield - Connecticut 8. Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin 9. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts 10. CIGNA HealthCare of New Hampshire Top 5 Medicare Plans 1. Preferred Care (N.Y.) 2. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Southern California 3. Geisinger Health Plan (Pa.) 4. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts 5. Security Health Plan of Wisconsin Top 5 Medicaid Plans 1. Fallon Community Health Plan (Mass.) 2. Neighborhood Health Plan (Mass.) 3. Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (N.Y.) 4. Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island 5. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Hawaii
SOURCE U.S. News Media Group
