Archive for the ‘Health Plan Rankings’ Category

Top Ranked Virginia Health Plans

Posted on: January 18th, 2010 by JPAL No Comments

In US News and World Reports recent ranking of the the nations top health insurance plans, CIGNA HealthCare Mid-Atlantic was rated as the top health plan in Virginia.  The US News rankings are based on member satisfaction, as well as their effectiveness in both preventing and treating illnesses. According to the report the top 5 [...]

Top Ranked Idaho Health Plans

Posted on: January 15th, 2010 by JPAL No Comments

According to US News and World Reports’ annual rankings of Idaho health insurance plans, Group Health Cooperative is the top plan in the state for 2009-2010.  The report included the top 4 health plans in Idaho as seen below. Group Health Cooperative SelectHealth Group Health Options (Options) Group Health Options (Alliant) When compared against the [...]

Wellpoint Individual Health Plans

Posted on: December 16th, 2009 by JPAL No Comments

According to a recent research report written by Debra A. Donahue of Mark Farrah and Associates, the individual health insurance marketplace is growing.  As of the end of Q2 2009, national individual health insurance enrollment totaled about 9.7 Million, up from about 9.6 Million from the previous year.  This enrollment does not include those individuals [...]

Highmark Health Insurance Plans

Posted on: November 19th, 2009 by BlogAdmin No Comments

In the recent US News and World Report annual health plan rankings report, two health plans offered by Highmark ranked as being among the best health plans in the nation. SecurityBlue, HighMark’s Medicare Advantage HMO ranked #32 among Medicare Health Plans Among Commercial HMOs, Keystone Blue (offered by Highmark subsidiary Keystone Health Plan West) ranked [...]

Top Ranked Medicare Health Plans 2009-2010

Posted on: November 13th, 2009 by JPAL No Comments

US News and World Report recently released their updated health plan rankings for 2009-2010.  Their rankings of Medicare Health Plans was as follows, with 2008 ranking in parenthesis. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado (8) Fallon Community Health Plan (Not In Top 10) Geisinger Health Plan (3) Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization (10) Capital Health [...]

Capital Health Plan Rated Top Medicare Plan In Florida

Posted on: November 3rd, 2009 by JPAL No Comments

According to US News and World Report, Capital Health Plan, an affiliate of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, is the top rated Medicare Health Plan in Florida. Founded in 1982, Capital Health Plan serves the four county are surrounding Tallahassee.  They currently provide coverage to more than 110,000 members. More information about Florida health [...]

Top Rated Medicare Plan In California

Posted on: November 2nd, 2009 by JPAL No Comments

Open enrollment for Medicare Advantage plans is rapidly approaching (November 15 – December 31).  We thought we’d blog about some of the top rated plans in each state according to US News and World Reports annual rankings. In California, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan boasts the 2 top ranked plans in the state. Kaiser Foundation Health [...]

Illinois Health Insurance Complaints Decreasing

Posted on: September 2nd, 2009 by ymedina No Comments

The article “Leading insurance grievance: delays in claims handling” by Becky Yerak on chicagotribune.com states that Illinois consumers have been filing less complaints about their health, auto and homeowners insurance companies.  Illinois health insurance complaints were down 13%, auto insurance complaints were down 10%, and homeowners insurance was down 5%.  The complaint ratios, which compare the number [...]

Health Plan Ratings – Consumer Reports

Posted on: August 21st, 2009 by JPAL No Comments

The September issue of Consumer Reports ranks the top PPOs and HMOs in the country.  In all, 41 PPOs were rated as well as 35 HMOs.  The ratings were based on surveys of 37,000 respondents. Some of the findings included in the report inlcude: Median health insurance premiums were $1,829 (up 38% from two years [...]

More Top Ranked Medicare Health Plans

Posted on: August 3rd, 2009 by BlogAdmin No Comments

In November of 2008, we published a series of posts breaking down the US News and report’s rankings of commercial health plans. Similarly, below are their rankings of the top Medicare health plans for 2008 based on the same criteria (consumer assessment, prevention, treatment). Preferred Care Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Southern California Geisinger Health [...]