Tufts Health Plan today announced it is rated 5 out of 5 – the highest rating possible – by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) on its annual rating of private health insurance plans.* It is the only health plan in the nation to receive the 5 out of 5 rating for both its HMO and PPO products.* Only three other plans in the country, from a pool of nearly 500 -earned a rating of “5.” Its Massachusetts PPO is the only PPO plan in the country to receive a 5 out of 5 rating.
Tufts Health Plan also announced its Massachusetts Medicaid plan achieved a 4.5 rating by NCQA, placing it amongst the top health plans nationally.** Only 10 Medicaid plans received a 4.5 rating, out of the nearly 300 evaluated.
*NCQA’s Private Health Insurance Plan Ratings 2017–2018; Tufts Health Plan’s HMO/POS plan rated a 5 out of 5; Tufts Health Plan’s PPO plan in Massachusetts rated a 5 out of 5. Tufts Health Plan’s PPO plan in Rhode Island rated a 4 out of 5.
**NCQA’s Medicaid Health Insurance Plan Ratings 2017–2018. This rating references Tufts Health Plan’s Massachusetts Medicaid plan. Tufts Health Plan’s Rhode Island Medicaid plan has not yet been rated
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