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

Menasha health plan ranks 31st in nation by U.S. News & World Report

12 / 03 / 2008

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MENASHA, Wis. – For the fourth consecutive year, Network Health Plan (NHP) has earned national recognition by U.S News & World Report and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and is listed 31st in the 2008-09 America’s Best Health Plan, which is up from 37th in 2007.

The results are released today at www.usnews.com/healthplans and will be featured in next week’s issue of U.S. News & World Report, which will be on newsstands Monday, Nov. 10.

“This ranking is evidence of the continuous effort Network Health Plan is making to provide the best plans along with the quality health care to back it up,” President of NHP, Shelia Jenkins said. “We are honored to be a part of the ranking and proud of our continued improvement.”

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

“We are constantly striving to provide the exceptional care that our members have come to expect and this type of recognition demonstrates the commitment of our employees and providers to deliver on that promise,” Jenkins said.

 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 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.