SCAN Health Plan Earns Medicare Four-Star Rating

Rating Reflects Excellence in Quality, Preventive Care, Member Satisfaction

(LONG BEACH, Calif. – October 20, 2011) — SCAN Health Plan announced today that it has received a 2012 four-star rating by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 10 of the 11 California counties served by the health plan. SCAN is one of only four plans in the counties it serves to have earned the four-star distinction.

The Star Rating System was put in place by CMS last year as part of an effort to help educate consumers on quality and make quality data more transparent and comparable between plans. Under the system, CMS ranks health plans on a one- to five-star basis, weighing such factors as clinical outcomes, access to preventive services such as screenings and vaccines, managing chronic conditions, preventive care and consumer satisfaction.

“When it comes to healthcare, there is nothing more important than quality care and treating individuals with the respect and dignity they deserve,” said Chris Wing, president and CEO of SCAN Health Plan. “This recognition by Medicare is a great testament to truly a team effort by all of our employees and provider partners and reaffirms our commitment to striving for and sustaining a five-star rating which is our ultimate goal.”

SCAN’s Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MAPD) plans earned four stars across its entire Southern California service area for 2012, which includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura and Kern counties. Its MAPD also received four stars in Contra Costa, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties in Northern California.

With 130,000 members, SCAN is the third largest MAPD plan in California and the fourth largest not-for-profit MAPD in the nation.

Unlike most Medicare Advantage plans, SCAN has no commercial members, which allows it to dedicate 100 percent of its energy and programs toward serving older adults across the wide spectrum of aging. Its focus is to provide affordable and accessible quality healthcare to seniors and others on Medicare and continues to look for innovative ways to serve members’ healthcare needs.

For Medicare beneficiaries the deadline to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan for 2012 comes nearly a month earlier than it has in years past, running this year from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. During this time, seniors and others on Medicare may choose to switch their health plan or move from traditional Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan (or move back to Medicare) with their new selections taking effect January 1, 2012.

As governed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, member benefits vary by county. Specific information on SCAN’s 2012 benefit offerings is available at www.scanhealthplan.com or by calling 1-800-915-7226, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. TTY/TDD users may call 1-800-735-2929.