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Network Health Plan rated among “America’s Best Health Insurance Plans”

Menasha-based health plan ranks 48th in nation by U.S. News & World Report

11 / 15 / 2009

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MENASHA, Wis. - For the fifth consecutive year, Network Health Plan (NHP) has been ranked nationally by U.S News & World Report and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and is listed 48th in the 2009-10 America’s Best Health Insurance Plans.

The results will be featured in the print issue of U.S. News & World Report that will hit newsstands Tuesday, Dec. 1.

“This ranking illustrates Network Health Plan’s ongoing effort to provide quality plans along with exceptional health care to back it up,” said Sheila Jenkins, president of Network Health Plan. “We are pleased to be a part of the ranking for the fifth consecutive year.”

NHP’s ranking is based on clinical quality, member satisfaction and NCQA Accreditation scores.

NCQA is an independent, non-profit organization that assesses and reports on the quality of the nation’s managed care plans. The following categories were used to report data:

Consumer Experience: Measures about consumer experience with getting care, as well as satisfaction with plan physicians and with health plan services.

Prevention: Measures of how often preventive services are provided (e.g., childhood and adolescent immunizations, women’s reproductive health and cancer screenings), as well as measures of children and adolescents access to primary and preventive visits.

Treatment: Measures of how well health plans take care of people who have health problems, such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, osteoporosis, alcohol and drug dependence, mental illness and whether physicians advised smokers to quit.

The print issue of U.S. News & World Report will list the top 50 commercial health insurance plans. Full rankings will be available online at www.usnews.com.

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For the Editor:
Affinity Health System, a Catholic mission-oriented regional health care network, is a partnership of Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. Affinity Health System is the Fox Valley’s third largest employer, according to the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and is nationally listed among the top 50 hospitals for quality and efficiency (Thomson Reuters, Modern Healthcare). For eight consecutive years, Affinity Health System has been named to the SDI Health (formerly Verispan) Integrated Health Network Top 100, an annual assessment of the 100 most highly integrated health care networks in the nation – Affinity ranks no. 29 in the 2009 report. Both St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh rank among the top 1 percent among hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and efficiency, as determined by the 2007 Premier | CareScience Select practice National Quality Award. Network Health Plan has achieved Excellent accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), the highest possible level. It is ranked 31st in the nation, according to the U.S. News and World Report/NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing. Members of Affinity include Mercy Medical Center and Mercy Health Foundation, Oshkosh; St. Elizabeth Hospital and the St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation, Appleton; Affinity Medical Group, a regional network of 22 family practice and specialty clinics – including two fully operational Medical Home models – in 14 communities; Calumet Medical Center, Chilton; Network Health Plan, Menasha; and Affinity Occupational Health.