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HealthPartners retains top rating from NCQA
Excellent Accreditation held since 2000
May 20, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – HealthPartners announced today that it has earned three-year "Excellent" accreditation status, the highest level possible, from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its commercial managed care and PPO plans. HealthPartners earned four stars–indicating the highest level of performance–in all five areas of measurement:
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Access and Service
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Qualified Providers
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Staying Healthy
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Getting Better
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Living With Illness
"HealthPartners is one of the first in the nation to achieve accreditation for both its managed care and PPO products under a common set of standards," said Babette Apland, HealthPartners senior vice president for health and care management. "Achieving accreditation for both types of health plans allows consumers, employers and other purchasers to make reliable comparisons and to make more informed healthcare choices."
To earn NCQA's seal of approval, accredited health plans must meet more than 80 rigorous standards of care and service. Standards address coordination of care, complex case management and disease management programs, interactive consumer tools and health risk assessments. NCQA is regarded as the most rigorous and thorough health plan accreditation in the healthcare industry.
About HealthPartners
Founded in 1957, the HealthPartners (www.healthpartners.com) family of healthcare companies serve more than one million medical and dental health plan members nationwide. It is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation, providing care, coverage, research and education to improve the health of members, patients and the community. For the third year in a row, HealthPartners is rated one of the best commercial health plans in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, NCQA's "America's Best Health Plans 2007" and is ranked "Highest in Member Satisfaction among Commercial Health Plans in the Minnesota-Wisconsin Region" by J.D. Power and Associates.
Contact: 952-883-5308
Cell: 612-527-1921
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