UPMC Health Plan Ranks Among the Nation’s ‘Highest-Rated’ For Its Commercial and Medicaid Plans
<div class="xn-content"><p><span class="xn-location"><location value="LU/us.pa.pittbr" idsrc="xmltag.org">PITTSBURGH</location></span>, <span class="xn-chron"><chron>Sept. 21, 2011</chron></span> /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC Health Plan's commercial and <org>Medicaid</org> plans once again finished among the highest-ranked health plans in the nation, according to a report released this week by the <org>National Committee for Quality Assurance</org> (NCQA).</p><p>For a second consecutive year, UPMC Health Plan's <org>Medicaid</org> program, <org value="ACORN:1336812659" idsrc="xmltag.org">UPMC</org><i>for You</i>, ranked first in <span class="xn-location"><location value="LS/us.pa" idsrc="xmltag.org">Pennsylvania</location></span> and 10th in the nation in NCQA's Medicaid Health Insurance Plan Rankings for 2011-12. <org value="ACORN:1336812659" idsrc="xmltag.org">UPMC</org><i>for You</i> had the highest possible scores in the categories of customer satisfaction and prevention care.</p><p><org value="ACORN:1336812659" idsrc="xmltag.org">UPMC</org><i>for You</i> has been the top-ranked <org>Medicaid</org> plan in <span class="xn-location"><location value="LS/us.pa" idsrc="xmltag.org">Pennsylvania</location></span> for seven of the eight years that the NCQA has ranked <org>Medicaid</org> plans. The NCQA ranked 99 <org>Medicaid</org> plans nationally for its 2011-12 report. </p><p>In NCQA's Private Health Insurance Plan Rankings for 2011-12, UPMC Health Plan's commercial HMO and POS (point of service) plans finished 14th among all HMO/POS plans and 18th<sup></sup>overall in a ranking of 390 private plans. UPMC Health Plan's PPO ranked 7th nationally among all PPO plans and 59th overall. </p><p>UPMC Health Plan's HMO and POS received the highest possible scores in the categories of customer satisfaction and prevention care.</p><p>"We are pleased to be recognized by the NCQA because they measure the things that matter most to us: quality care and customer satisfaction," said <span class="xn-person"><person>Diane P. Holder</person></span>, President and CEO of UPMC Health Plan. "Providing access to quality care when our members need it is our goal every year, and recognition of this kind proves that we are doing a good job of that."</p><p>NCQA is a private, non-profit 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. </p><p><b>About UPMC Health Plan</b></p><p>UPMC Health Plan, the second-largest health insurer in western <span class="xn-location"><location value="LS/us.pa" idsrc="xmltag.org">Pennsylvania</location></span>, is owned by <org value="ACORN:1336812659" idsrc="xmltag.org">UPMC</org>, one of the nation's top-ranked health systems. The integrated partner companies of the <org>UPMC Insurance Services Division</org> – which includes UPMC Health Plan, UPMC WorkPartners, <i>Life</i>Solutions (EAP), <org value="ACORN:1336812659" idsrc="xmltag.org">UPMC</org><i>for You</i> (Medical Assistance), and <org>Community Care Behavioral Health</org> – offer a full range of group health insurance, <org>Medicare</org>, Special Needs, CHIP, Medical Assistance, behavioral health, employee assistance, and workers' compensation products and services to nearly 1.6 million members. Our local provider network includes <org value="ACORN:1336812659" idsrc="xmltag.org">UPMC</org> as well as community providers, totaling more than 125 hospitals and more than 11,500 physicians throughout <span class="xn-location"><location value="LS/us.pa" idsrc="xmltag.org">Pennsylvania</location></span> and parts of <span class="xn-location"><location value="LS/us.oh" idsrc="xmltag.org">Ohio</location></span>, <span class="xn-location"><person>West Virginia</person></span>, and Maryland. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.upmchealthplan.com/">www.upmchealthplan.com</a>.</p><p>SOURCE UPMC Health Plan</p></div>
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