U.S. News unveils best health plan rankings 2009-10 

U.S. News Media Group and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) released the fifth annual edition of America's Best Health Insurance Plans. The full rankings are now online at www.usnews.com/healthplans.

Published at the start of open-enrollment season, the 2009-10 Best Health Insurance Plans guide provides consumers with comprehensive rankings and important detailed information for more than 600 commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid health plans.

The highest-scoring 50 commercial plans, 25 Medicare plans, and 25 Medicaid plans, as well as the "Honor Roll" plans at the top of the rankings, will be featured in the December issue of U.S. News, available on newsstands Dec. 1.

The 2009-10 America's Best Health Insurance Plans rankings are based on analysis of 135 aspects of prevention, treatment, and member satisfaction, including such items as how quickly patients receive needed care and how well a plan controls blood sugar in people with diabetes. The Best Health Insurance Plans guide also identifies 120 plans that chose to report no data.

Here is this year's Honor Roll, defined as the top 10 commercial plans, top 5 Medicare plans, and top 5 Medicaid plans:

Top 10 Commercial Plans

Rank	Plan Name	Score	Type	States
1.	Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	91.1	HMO/POS	Maine, Mass.
2.	Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England	90.2	HMO/POS	N.H.
3.	Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization	89.9	HMO/POS	Mass., N.H., R.I.
4.	Grand Valley Health Plan	89.4	HMO	Mich.
5.	Capital Health Plan	89.0	HMO	Fla.
6.	Geisinger Health Plan	88.0	HMO/POS	Pa.
7.	Fallon Community Health Plan	88.0	HMO/POS	Mass.
8.	Health New England	87.9	HMO/POS	Conn., Mass.
9.	CIGNA HealthCare of New Hampshire	87.7	HMO/POS	N.H.
10.	Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin	87.6	HMO	Wis.

Top 5 Medicare Plans

Rank	Plan Name	Score	Type	States
1.	Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado	89.0	HMO	Colo.
2.	Fallon Community Health Plan	88.8	HMO	Mass.
3.	Geisinger Health Plan	88.1	HMO	Pa.
4.	Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization	88.0	HMO	Mass.
5.	Capital Health Plan	87.6	HMO	Fla.

Top 5 Medicaid Plans

Rank	Plan Name	Score	Type	States
1.	Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Hawaii	89.4	HMO	Hawaii
2.	Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan	89.3	HMO	Mass.
3.	Fallon Community Health Plan	89.3	HMO	Mass.
4.	Neighborhood Health Plan	88.2	HMO	Mass.
5.	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island	87.7	POS	R.I.

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