Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Best Health Plans

Uncooperative Health Insurance Plans

Here is a list of the largest plans that kept performance data confidential

Posted November 7, 2008

These are the biggest of the 126 health plans that either withheld performance-related data from the National Committee for Quality Assurance or would not let NCQA make it public.

No-Data No-Shows

Commercial Plans Members
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tex. 227,411
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N.C. 119,085
WellPath Select (N.C., S.C.) 114,894
Preferred Health Systems (Kan.) 99,943
   
Medicare Plans Members
WellCare of Florida 71,845
Medica (Minn.) 42,248
Peoples Health Network (La.) 36,013
Viva Health (Ala.) 25,000
   
Medicaid Plans Members
CareSource (Ohio) 520,409
HealthFirst (N.Y.) 369,439
Amerigroup Texas 351,413
CalOptima (Calif.) 291,991
Note: Member figures are as of July 31, 2008.
Source: NCQA

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