Kaiser Permanente Medicare Health Plans Rated Among Nation’s Best for Quality, Service

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- "I'm on bonus time, there's absolutely no question about that," said George Wittemyer, reflecting on the care he received from physicians and nurses during an emergency cardiac event and subsequent surgery. "And I'm really happy. Here I am, thanks to Kaiser Permanente."

Wittemyer's experience of seamless care, expert medicine and top-notch service represents one of the many reasons the organization's Medicare health plans have once again received high scores by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (see also Kaiser Permanente).

In CMS' Oct. 11 announcement of the 2018 Medicare star quality ratings, Kaiser Permanente's Medicare health plans in Northern and Southern California, Colorado, Hawaii, Northwest and Mid-Atlantic States received 5 out of 5 stars each. Kaiser Permanente in Georgia and Washington earned 4.5 out of 5 stars.

According to CMS, Kaiser Permanente represents five of 15 Medicare health plans (with Parts C and D) that earned 5 out of 5 stars, the highest overall rating. Moreover, of the nearly 2 million beneficiaries enrolled in those 5-star plans nationwide, 72 percent are Kaiser Permanente Medicare members. Wittemyer is one of more than 1.5 million Medicare beneficiaries who rely on Kaiser Permanente for high-quality health care with service that is convenient, personalized and simple to use.

Keywords for this news article include: Insurance, Health Policy, Kaiser Permanente, Medicare and Medicaid.

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