Alignment Health Plan Receives Senior Choice Gold Award For Excellence In 2016 Medicare Plan Benefit
ORANGE, Calif. (Oct. 23, 2015) – Alignment Health Plan is one of 48 Medicare plans nationally to be recognized for cost-sharing effectiveness and value in the design of its 2016 medical and Part D prescription drug benefits for Medicare beneficiaries.
Alignment Health Plan’s AllCare Preferred (Stanislaus County), Heritage Preferred (Riverside and San Bernardino counties) and My Choice HMO (San Joaquin and Santa Clara counties) are the only plans in their respective markets to qualify for the 2016 Senior Choice Gold Award.
“As we develop products to support our members, we believe it is our responsibility to do the best we can by offering benefits and programs that are well-rounded,” said Dawn Maroney, president of Alignment Health Plan. “Individuals on Medicare have been paying for this program for many years, and being recognized in many of the markets we serve gives us validation of doing a job well-done.”
Alignment Health Plan, formerly known as Citizens Choice Health Plan, is a subsidiary of Alignment Healthcare. Award recipients were selected from more than 110 Medicare managed care plans based on cost-sharing comparisons conducted by HealthMetrix Research Inc., a national independent managed care research firm.
“Alignment Health Plan has demonstrated a commitment to delivering maximum value in the design of their plan benefits, copayments, deductibles, and premiums,” said HealthMetrix Research President Alan Mittermaier. “Informed beneficiaries can rely on this award as an indication of overall high value and quality.”
The award selections were based on estimated 2016 cost-sharing comparisons conducted in more than 100 cities during October 2015 by HealthMetrix Research. The annual comparisons estimate the out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries based on health status categories (healthy/episodic/chronic) and corresponding utilization of the most common plan benefits (physician office visits, emergency or urgent care, hospital care, prevention care, prescriptions). The comparisons identify the Medicare plans with the lowest and highest estimated annual out-of-pocket costs based on the approved 2016 member copayments, deductibles and premiums that appear in the Medicare Plan Finder database (www.medicare.gov).
ABOUT ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE
Alignment Healthcare is redefining the business of health care by shifting the focus from payments to people. We’ve created a new model for health care delivery that cuts costs and improves lives by unraveling the inefficiencies of the current system to drive patients, providers and payers toward a common goal of wellness. Harnessing best practices from Medicare Advantage, our innovative data-management technology allows us to commit to caring for seniors and those who need it most: the chronically ill and frail. With offices and care centers across the country, Alignment Healthcare provides partners and patients with customized care and service where they need it and when they need it, including clinical coordination, risk management and technology facilitation. Alignment Healthcare offers health plan options to California residents through Alignment Health Plan, and partners with select health plans in North Carolina and Florida to help deliver better benefits at lower costs. For more information, please visit alignmenthealthcare.com.
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