M-CARE Medicaid HMO Ranks among Top 25

M-CAID, M-CARE’s Medicaid HMO, is ranked among the top 25 Medicaid health plans in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report/NCQA America’s Best Health Plans 2005. The list ranking America’s health plans appeared in the October 10 issue of U.S. News & World Report.

The Medicaid ranking includes measures for access to care and service, communication with doctors, staying healthy/preventive care, getting better/living with illness, and overall quality. The listing coincides with the release by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) of its annual “State of Health Care Quality” report, an analysis and interpretation of major performance trends in health care over the past year. M-CARE’s Medicaid HMO ranked 21st out of all plans reviewed.