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Our Medicare Plan
In the 2009 rankings, announced in November, Group Health's Medicare plan placed 11 out of 259 participating plans in the country. Rankings reflect success in preventing and treating illness compared with the average health plan. Group Health has served Medicare patients for more than 30 years — longer than any other health plan in Washington. Thirty percent of the state's Medicare Advantage enrollees receive their care through Group Health — more Medicare patients than any other health plan in the state. "We are extremely proud that our experience and our innovative approaches to improving care are making a real in difference in providing better health care and better patient experiences for seniors," said Group Health President and CEO Scott Armstrong. "What is really exciting is that we are continuing to move forward. In 2010, our Medicare patients will experience more and easier access to their care team as we have increased our investment in staffing and training at our 26 medical centers." In 2010, Group Health is offering five Medicare Advantage HMO plans, called Clear Care, in the 13 counties primarily served by Group Health medical centers. We are offering two new Clear Care PPO (preferred provider organization) plans in Benton, Franklin, and Yakima counties in Central Washington, and in the eastern parts of Clallam and Jefferson counties. See the U.S. News report on Group Health's Medicare plan and how it performed in prevention and treatment, broken down into 28 individual measures. Our commercial health plans placed 76th out of 285 plans See the U.S. News report on Group Health's commercial plan. See the full U.S. News report on America's Best Health Insurance Plans. "America's Best Health Insurance Plans 2009-10" is a registered trademark of U.S. News & World Report. |
Group Health's Medicare plan has been recognized as one of "America's Best Health Insurance Plans" for the third year in a row by U.S. News & World Report magazine and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).