Will HMO Plans Leave Health Insurance Exchange in Virginia?
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HMOs reported to VHI that in 2015 there were over 1.3 million commercial members in Virginia HMO plans, an increase over the past few years. Nationally, some health insurance companies offering HMO plans have announced their departure from certain statewide exchanges citing financial loss as their primary reason. The good news is thatHMOs currently in the
Published online and free to consumers at Compare HMOs, this report contains five years of comparable information in addition to financial data. VHI allows consumers to compare these plans on cost and quality using eight new HEDIS additional measures creating a wider and more in-depth report for the consumer. These new measures include Call Answer Timeliness, Aspirin Use and Discussion, Asthma Medication Ratio, Antipsychotics, Cervical Cancer Screening in Adolescent Females, Antibiotic Utilization, Mental Health Utilization and Plan All-Cause Readmission.
Consumers are still able to compare plan pricing, quality of services such as immunizations/screenings and member satisfaction for each carrier to determine their individual best value. For more information and to view the full report, please visit www.vhi.org/hmo_compare.asp.
Virginia Health Information (VHI) is the nonprofit organization that businesses, consumers, the
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