CMS released its 2023 Medicare Advantage plan ratings Oct. 6. This year, 57 Medicare Advantage Part D plans earned five star designation, a decline from 2022, when 74 plans earned the designation.
The ratings are based on 38 quality measures. Read more about the methodology to determine the ratings here.
Here are the 57 contracts designated as high-performing by CMS:
"Big six" payers:
Aetna and Centene did not have any plans rated 5-stars for 2023.
Cigna
Healthspring Life & Health Insurance Company
- Enrollment: 228,911
Elevance Health
Healthsun Health Plans
- Enrollment: 53,985
Optimum Healthcare
- Enrollment: 56,857
Humana
Humana Health Plan of Ohio
- Enrollment: 8,284
Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana
- Enrollment: 196,857
Cariten Health Plan
- Enrollment: 152,860
UnitedHealthcare
KS Plan Administrators
- Enrollment: 43,987
Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company (PPO)
- Enrollment: 44,001
Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company (PPO)
- Enrollment: 1,696,070
Care Improvement Plus South Central Insurance Company (PPO)
- Enrollment: 2,079
Care Improvement Plus South Central Insurance Company (New York/ PPO)
- Enrollment: 8,992
People's Health
- Enrollment: 89,264
UnitedHealthcare Benefits of Texas
- Enrollment: 350,815
Care Improvement Plus South Central Insurance Company (HMO)
- Enrollment: 89,116
Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company (HMO)
- Enrollment: 5,723
Payers with multiple five star plans
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (PPO)
- Enrollment: 10,470
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (HMO)
- Enrollment: 56,341
Capital District Physicians Health Plan
Capital District Physicians Health Plan
- Enrollment: 43,497
CDPHP Universal Benefits
- Enrollment: 8,617
Highmark
Highmark Senior Health Company
- Enrollment: 185,355
Highmark Choice Company
- Enrollment: 64,611
Highmark Senior Solutions Company
- Enrollment: 8,905
Highmark Western and Northeastern New York
- Enrollment: 23,338
Independent Health Association
Independent Health Benefits Corp.
- Enrollment: 5,691
Independent Health Association
- Enrollment: 60,142
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Foundation HP (California)
- Enrollment: 1,335,875
Kaiser Foundation HP of Colorado
- Enrollment: 113,260
Kaiser Foundation HP of Georgia
- Enrollment: 36,895
Kaiser Foundation HP (Hawaii)
- Enrollment: 35,305
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States
- Enrollment: 109,714
UPMC Health System
UPMC Health Plan
- Enrollment: 153,883
UPMC Health Network
- Enrollment: 7,781
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Quartz Health Plan Corp.
- Enrollment: 27,175
Quartz Health Plan MN Corp.
- Enrollment: 3,231
Other
Alignment Healthcare
Alignment Health Plan of North Carolina
- Enrollment: 1,273
Aultman Health Foundation
Aultcare Health Insuring Corp.
- Enrollment: 14,564
Aware Integrated (Blue Cross Minnesota)
HMO Minnesota
- Enrollment: 8,901
Baylor Scott & White Holdings
Baylor Scott and White Health Plan
- Enrollment: 25,800
BHSH (Beaumont Health Spectrum Health)
Priority Health
- Enrollment: 138,202
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
- Enrollment: 138,347
Devoted Health
Devoted Health Plan of Ohio
- Enrollment: 6,985
Essence Group Holdings Corp. (Lumeris)
Essence Healthcare
- Enrollment: 64,129
HealthPartners
HealthPartners
- Enrollment: 37,115
Independence Health Group
Keystone Health Plan
- Enrollment: 81,418
Intermountain Healthcare
SelectHealth
- Enrollment: 43,380
Lifetime Healthcare
Excellus Health Plan
- Enrollment: 94,821
Martin's Point Health Care
Martin's Point Generations Advantage
- Enrollment: 62,324
Medica Holding Company
Dean Health Plan
- Enrollment: 10,457
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Enrollment: 9,330
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Corp.
Care N' Care Insurance Company
- Enrollment: 13,944
MVP Health Care
MVP Health Plan
- Enrollment: 28,451
Network Health
Network Health Insurance Corp.
- Enrollment: 69,870
Point32Health
Tufts Associated Health Maintenance Organization
- Enrollment: 105,492
Sharp Healthcare
Sharp Health Plan
- Enrollment: 10,473
Summa Health
SummaCare
- Enrollment: 22,935
Triton Health Systems
Viva Health
- Enrollment: 52,988