Medicare Targets Health Plans With Low Ratings

alley — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:08:06 +0000

Medicare officials are encouraging 525,000 beneficiaries to switch out of these 26 Medicare Advantage and drug plans that have received low ratings for three consecutive years and enroll in better plans for next year. The poor performing plans will have this warning symbol next to their names on Medicare’s plan finder website to steer shoppers to other plans.

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Plan Name *	Available in parts of these states *	Contract Number	Contract Name	Parent Company
Advantra	TX	H7306	First Health Life & Health Insurance Company	Coventry Health Care Inc.
Amerivantage Balance and Rx	NJ	H3240	Amerigroup New Jersey, Inc.	Amerigroup Corporation
Anthem Medicare Preferred Standard Anthem Medicare Preferred Select	KY	H5530	Anthem Health Plans Of Kentucky, Inc.	Wellpoint, Inc.
Care Improvement Plus Dual Advantage Care Improvement Plus Chrome RX Care Improvement Plus Copper RX Care Improvement Plus Silver RX Care Improvement Plus Gold RX	TX	R6801	Care Improvement Plus Of Texas Insurance Company	UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
Central Health Medicare Plan/Central Health Premier Plan	CA	H5649	Central Health Plan Of California, Inc.	Central Health Plan Of California
Healthfirst NJ Maximum Plan	NJ	H7015	Healthfirst Health Plan Of New Jersey, Inc.	HF Management Services, LLC
Humana Choice	NM, TX	H6411	Humana Insurance Company	Humana Inc.
Liberty Health Advantage Preferred Choice	NY	H3337	Liberty Health Advantage, Inc.	Liberty Health Advantage, Inc.
MAPFRE Medicare Excel	not available (enrollment and marketing prohibited by CMS)	H5821	Mapfre Life Insurance Company	Mapfre Praico Corporation
Medicare Blue Medicare Blue Saver	SC	H4209	Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of South Carolina	Blue Cross Blue Shield Of South Carolina
Medicare Rx Rewards Plus Medicare Rx Rewards Standard	AL, AK, AZ, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, HA, ID, IL, IA, KS, LA, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WY	S5960	Unicare Life And Health Insurance Company	Wellpoint, Inc.
PICA Alante PICA Primero	Puerto Rico	S5775	Pharmacy Insurance Corporation Of America	Pharmacy Insurance Corporation Of America
Today’s Options Advantage Plus	AR, GA, IN, IA, MS, MO, MT, NE, NC, OK, SC, TX, WI	H5378	The Pyramid Life Insurance Company	Universal American Corp.
Today’s Options Premier Today’s Options Premier Plus	AZ, AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NC, ND, OK, TX, VA, WA, WI	H5421	The Pyramid Life Insurance Company	Universal American Corp.
Triple S Medicare Optimo Triple-S Medicare Optimo Basic Triple-S Medicare Optimo Plus	Puerto Rico	H4005	Triple-S Salud, Inc.	Triple-S Management Corporation
Triple-S FarmaMed Triple-S FarmaMed Plus	Puerto Rico	S5907	Triple-S Salud, Inc.	Triple-S Management Corporation
Triple-S Medicare Optimo Premier	Puerto Rico	H5732	Triple-S Salud, Inc.	Triple-S Management Corporation
UnitedHealthcare Dual Complete	NJ	H3164	Americhoice Of New Jersey, Inc	UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
UnitedHealthcare Dual Complete	MI	H6952	UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Inc	UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
UnitedHealthcare MedicareComplete	PA	H3920	UnitedHealthcare Of Pennsylvania, Inc.	UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
Universal Any, Any, Any MA Only	AZ, FL, GA, IL, LA, MD, MS, NV, NC, OK, TX, VA	H5820	Universal Health Care Insurance Company	Universal Health Care Group, Inc.
Universal Masterpiece Universal Masterpiece Plus Universal Safeguard	FL	H5404	Universal Health Care, Inc.	Universal Health Care Group, Inc.
WellCare Value	OH	H0117	Wellcare Of Ohio, Inc.	WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
WellCare Value	NJ	H0913	Wellcare Health Plans Of New Jersey, Inc.	WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
WellCare Value	MO	H1216	Harmony Health Plan Of Illinois, Inc.	WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Windsor Medicare Extra Silver Plan Windsor Medicare Extra Gold Plan Windsor Medicare Extra Emerald Plan Windsor Medicare Extra Diamond Plan	AL, AR, ID, MS, MT, SC, TN, VA	H5698	Windsor Health Plan, Inc.	Munich American Holding Corporation
* Plans may vary by contract number although their names may be similar. To learn more about a specific plan, including what counties it serves, contact the health insurance company selling the plan and provide the name and contract number.
Source: U. S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

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