Three AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies Affiliates Ranked in
Top 25 Medicaid Plans Nation Wide
US News & World Report/NCQA America's Best
Health Plans 2005 rates
Keystone Mercy #14, Passport Health Plan, #18, AmeriHealth Mercy, #19
October 3, 2005 - Philadelphia (PA) - Three
the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies affiliates, Keystone
Mercy Health Plan, Passport
Health Plan, and AmeriHealth
Mercy Health Plan are among the highest rated Medicaid health
plans in the country, according to US News & World Report/NCQA
America's Best Health Plans 2005. Keystone Mercy, Philadelphia,
PA, ranked #14; Passport Health Plan, Louisville, KY, ranked
#18; and AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, Harrisburg, PA, ranked
#19.
"It is a great honor to be recognized as three of the top Medicaid
managed care plans in the country by US News & World
Report/NCQA America's Best Health Plans 2005," said Daniel
J. Hilferty, President and Chief Executive Officer, AmeriHealth
Mercy. "Our associates work hard every day to carry out our
Company mission of providing quality and accessible health care
services for our members. This special recognition validates
the strength of our Company's commitment to quality health care
for people with Medicaid coverage."
With more than 20 years of experience exclusively serving the Medicaid population, AmeriHealth Mercy and its affiliates comprise the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in the United States, touching the lives of more than 1.5 million members in eight states, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, South Carolina, Virginia, Arizona, California and Indiana.
Released in the October 10th edition of US News & World
Report, this collaborative study ranked the nation's commercial
Medicare and Medicaid health plans based on access to
care (member's ability to get needed care, quickly,
health plan customer service), overall member satisfaction,
prevention services (health screenings, prenatal care,
childhood and adolescent immunizations, avoiding antibiotic
overuse and well-child visits), treatment (how
well the plan takes care of on-going health problems), and overall
quality score (a combination of the scores from the
four main categories above and NCQA accreditation). "America's
Best Health Plans" is a trademark of US News & World
Report.
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