AmeriHealth Mercy Scores High in U.S.News & World Report/NCQA Rankings
U.S.News & World Report/NCQA America's Best Health Plans 2007 Rates AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan #30
Harrisburg (PA) –AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan was recently ranked favorably among Medicaid health plans nationwide, according to U.S.News & World Report/NCQA America's Best Health Plans 2007. AmeriHealth Mercy was ranked #30 out of nearly 200 Medicaid plans in America.
"I am proud that AmeriHealth Mercy has been recognized as being among the nation's top Medicaid Health Plans," said Sherry Knowlton, General Manager, AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan. "It is a reflection of the high quality of care that we provide to our members on a daily basis."
Released in the November 5th edition of U.S.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, along with NCQA accreditation). "America’s Best Health Plans" is a trademark of U.S.News & World Report.
Headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan is a Medical Assistance (Medicaid) managed care plan currently serving over 88,000 Medical Assistance recipients in Adams, Berks, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Perry, Pike, and York counties. Its corporate parent partners are Mercy Health System and AmeriHealth First, a subsidiary of Independence Blue Cross. AmeriHealth Mercy's mission is to help people get care, stay well and build healthy communities. For more information about AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, please visit www.amerihealthmercyhp.com.
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