2008 Health Plan Rankings
US News and World Report recently released their health plan rankings for 2008, based on NCQA Data collection and analysis. The 4th annual rankings provided via the collaboration between US News and the NCQA, aims to help health insurance shoppers select quality health plans. Costs will likely always be one of the most if not the most important factor to shoppers when considering a health plan, but this report seeks to make factors such as preventing and treating illness, as well as customer service more transparent to health insurance shoppers.
The top 10 Commercial Plans according to their analysis were:
- Harvard Pilgrim Health care
- Tufts Associated HMO
- Harvard Pilgrim Health care of New England
- Grand Valley Health Plan
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Health New England
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut
- Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- CIGNA Healthcare of New Hampshire
126 health plans refused to furnish performance related data and were unable to be included in the analysis, the three largest of such plans were Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, and Wellpath Select.
Check Back later for regional rankings that will be posted later in the week, as the US News national rankings seem to favor the New England region as a result of more stringent mandated benefits in that region of the country which skew results.
