Molina Healthcare Medicaid Plans Highly Ranked in NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2010-2011

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH) today announced that the widely respected National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has included Molina Healthcare’s Medicaid health plans in California, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, and Washington in NCQA’s Medicaid Health Insurance Plan Rankings for 2010-11.

Molina’s Medicaid plans have been included in NCQA’s rankings for six consecutive years.* NCQA is a private non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality, and is widely accepted as an industry standard for identifying what are among the best health plans in the United States. Approximately 50 percent of health plans that were evaluated earned a ranking on this year’s list.**

“Having our health plans recognized by National Committee for Quality Assurance for the sixth year in a row as leading providers of quality health care in the United States is a noteworthy achievement,” said J. Mario Molina., M.D., president and chief executive officer of Molina Healthcare, Inc. “Although our organization continues to expand, providing access to quality health care continues to be our priority.”

Molina Healthcare also remains a leader in the number of its health plan NCQA Accreditations, with a total of seven accredited health plans.

Molina Healthcare of Utah is the highest-ranked Medicaid plan in the state of Utah. In the overall national ranking of Medicaid health plans, Molina Healthcare of Utah ranks No. 29, Molina Healthcare of Michigan ranks No. 47, Molina Healthcare of New Mexico ranks No. 53, Molina Healthcare of Ohio ranks No. 60, Molina Healthcare of Washington ranks No. 63, Molina Healthcare of California ranks No. 74, and Molina Healthcare of Missouri ranks No. 99.

More information on the NCQA rankings and the complete report, which also includes rankings of Medicare and commercial health plans throughout the United States, can be found at http://www.ncqa.org.

*According to U.S. News/NCQA America’s Best Health Insurance Plans 2005-2009 (annual). America’s Best Health Insurance Plans is a trademark of U.S. News & World Report.

**NCQA evaluated over 200 Medicaid health plans and ranked 104 of those based on clinical performance, member satisfaction, and NCQA Accreditation. To be eligible for rankings, health plans must authorize public release of their performance information and submit enough data for statistically valid analysis. NCQA’s Health Insurance Plan Rankings 2010-2011 used NCQA’s established rankings methodology, which has been used and widely recognized since 2005.

About Molina Healthcare

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH) provides quality and cost-effective Medicaid-related solutions to meet the health care needs of low-income families and individuals and to assist state agencies in their administration of the Medicaid program. Our licensed health plans in California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin currently serve approximately 1.5 million members, and our subsidiary, Molina Medicaid Solutions, provides business processing and information technology administrative services to Medicaid agencies in Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and West Virginia, and drug rebate administration services in Florida. More information about Molina Healthcare is available at www.molinahealthcare.com.

About the National Committee for Quality Assurance

Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2010, NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA is committed to providing health care quality information for consumers, purchasers, health care providers, and researchers.

Molina Healthcare, Inc.
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