Keystone Mercy Improves Ranking Among the Top Medicaid Plans in the Nation in U.S. News & World Report/NCQA Listing
Philadelphia, PA – Keystone Mercy Health Plan, the largest Medicaid managed care plan in southeastern Pennsylvania, improved its ranking among the top 30 Medicaid health plans in the nation according to the U.S. News & World Report/National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) listing of America’s Best Health Insurance Plans 2009-10. The plan was ranked 26th out of more than 80 Medicaid managed care plans in America.
“Our goal is to offer our members access to the best quality of care available,” said Anne Morrissey, President of Pennsylvania Managed Care, Keystone Mercy Health Plan. “Keystone Mercy works to go above and beyond, giving members access to an extensive provider network and offering education and wellness programs to help members manage their health. Seeing our health plan improve nine places to 26th is very gratifying.”
Released in the print edition of U.S. News & World Report (and available online at http://www.usnews.com/healthplans), this collaborative study ranked the nation’s commercial, Medicare and Medicaid health plans based on:
- Access to care, including a member’s ability to get needed care quickly and a health plan’s customer service,
- Overall member satisfaction,
- Preventive services, including health screenings, prenatal care, childhood and adolescent immunizations and well-child visits,
- Treatment, how well the plan takes care of ongoing health problems,
- Overall quality score, a combination of the scores from the four main categories above, along with NCQA accreditation.
“America’s Best Health Insurance Plans” is a trademark of U.S. News & World Report.
About Keystone Mercy Health Plan
Keystone Mercy Health Plan, a member of the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, is a Medical Assistance (Medicaid) managed care health plan serving more than 300,000 Medical Assistance recipients in southeastern Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Keystone Mercy Health Plan is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping members get care, stay well, and build healthy communities. Its corporate parent partners are Mercy Health System and Keystone First. For more information about Keystone Mercy Health Plan, please visit www.keystonemercy.com. |
