The right health plan can make a huge difference in your quality of living, especially if it is a Medicare-eligible senior. Now is the right time to evaluate whether your current plan offers the same high-quality care as a 5-star plan. Medicare health plan.
Kaiser Permanente has shared information to help Medicare beneficiaries understand the importance of quality and what it means for their health. It is the only 5-star plan in the country with a high level of quality.
“Medicare members should select a plan that is proactive in helping them stay healthy and active as they age. They need to know if their plan does a good job preventing them from getting sick through screenings, vaccines and tests,”Jed Weissberg MD, medical director Kaiser Permanente Medicare plans. “They also need to know how well their plan manages chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.”
Kaiser Permanente has a high score in preventive screenings. For example, only one in six traditional Medicare members — 16 percent — used a free preventive service in 2011, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. According to the 2012 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, also known as HEDIS, almost 90 percent of Kaiser Permanente Medicare eligible members had breast cancer screenings and nearly 88 per cent had colorectal cancer screenings.
Ratings are important because beneficiaries who have a Medicare plan rated 5 out 5 stars by CMS can be confident in choosing the best plan and joining that plan at any time.
Find out more about Kaiser Permanente’s Medicare plans and the Medicare Star Quality Ratings by visiting www.kp.org/medicare, or calling 1-855-817-5831. Plan performance summary star ratings are assessed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services each year and may change from one year to the next.
