LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky’s Medicare Advantage plan earned an accreditation status of “Excellent,” the highest level of accreditation given by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
The Medicare Advantage plan in Kentucky joins Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio’s Medicare Advantage plan by achieving the status of “Excellent,” an accreditation which is reserved only for managed care organizations whose product lines and products demonstrate that they meet or exceed NCQA’s rigorous requirements for consumer protection and quality improvement.
In addition, NCQA announced that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio maintained the accreditation status of “Excellent” for their Blue Preferred(R) Primary (HMO) and Blue Preferred Primary Plus (POS) products. These state plans also maintained “Full Accreditation” status for their Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) product Blue Access(SM), the highest level achievable for PPO plans.
“Consumers, particularly in the senior markets, are being presented with new options when it comes to their health care coverage,” said Mike Lorch, Vice President, Health Care Management for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky. “More and more they are becoming savvy consumers when selecting their health plans -- demanding excellent quality and service. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky’s ‘Excellent’ ratings demonstrate our commitment to providing high-quality programs and provider networks that translate to better health care for our members.”
Studies have shown that health plans earning NCQA accreditation outperform non-accredited health plans across a variety of measures of clinical quality and member satisfaction.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio are subsidiaries of WellPoint, Inc. . WellPoint, Inc. is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and serves its members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through HealthLink and UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint is available at http://www.wellpoint.com .
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