Press Releases: 2007

The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies Score High in US News & World Report/NCQA Rankings

U.S. News & World Report/NCQA America’s Best Health Plans 2007 rates  Passport Health Plan, #11, the AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan , #30, Keystone Mercy #31

Philadelphia, PA – Three Medicaid health plans in the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies ranked favorably among Medicaid health plans nationwide, according to U.S. News & World Report/NCQA America’s Best Health Plans 2007. Passport Health Plan, based in Louisville, KY, was among the best plans in America, ranking #11 out of nearly 200 Medicaid plans.

Two other Medicaid plans of the AmeriHealth Mercy Families of Companies who participated in the survey were also favorably rated. The AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan in Harrisburg, PA, ranked #30; Keystone Mercy in Philadelphia, PA, was ranked at #31.     

“We are pleased to be ranked among the top Medicaid managed care plans in the country by U.S. News & World Report/NCQA America’s Best Health Plans 2007,” said Daniel J. Hilferty, President and Chief Executive Officer, AmeriHealth Mercy. “Our associates work hard every day to carry out our Company mission of providing quality and accessible health care services for our members.”

The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies is a mission-driven organization, dedicated to ensuring the delivery of quality health care to low-income populations covered by publicly-funded programs throughout the United States. With more than 20 years of experience exclusively serving the Medicaid population, AmeriHealth Mercy and its affiliates comprise the largest family of Medicaid managed care plans in the United States, touching the lives of more than 2 million members nationwide.

Released in the November 5th edition of U.S. News & World Report, this collaborative study ranked the nation’s commercial, Medicare and Medicaid health plans based on access to care (member’s ability to get needed care, quickly, health plan customer service), overall member satisfaction, prevention services (health screenings, prenatal care, childhood and adolescent immunizations, avoiding antibiotic overuse and well-child visits), treatment (how well the plan takes care of on-going health problems), and overall quality score (a combination of the scores from the four main categories above and NCQA accreditation).  “America’s Best Health Plans” is a trademark of U.S. News & World Report.

For more information about the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, please visit www.amerihealthmercy.com.