The National Committee for Quality Assurance has named the top-performing health plans of 2022 based on factors that include care quality, patient satisfaction and efforts to keep improving.
The ratings were released Sept. 15 and are based on 2021 data from commercial, Medicare, Medicaid and ACA plans that reported HEDIS and CAHPS results to the NCQA, which cover 203 million people total. Plans were rated on a zero- to five-star scale, with five being the highest rating. In total, 1,048 plans received a rating.
Highest-rated Medicare plans in each state:
*Plan star ratings are included in parentheses
Alabama
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Alaska
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Arizona
Humana's CHA Health Medicare HMO (4)
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Humana Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealthcare Medicare HMO/POS (4)
Arkansas
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
California
Kaiser Southern California Medicare HMO (4.5)
Kaiser Northern California Medicare HMO (4.5)
Colorado
Kaiser Colorado Medicare HMO (5)
Connecticut
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Delaware
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
District of Columbia
Kaiser Mid-Atlantic Medicare HMO (5)
Florida
Capital Health Plan Medicare HMO (4.5)
Georgia
Kaiser Medicare HMO (4.5)
Hawaii
Kaiser Medicare HMO (4.5)
Idaho
Regence BlueShield Medicare HMO (4)
UnitedHealthcare Medicare HMO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Illinois
Medical Associates Health Plan Medicare HMO (5)
Indiana
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Indiana University Health Plans Medicare HMO/POS (4)
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
Iowa
Medical Associates Health Plan Medicare HMO (5)
Kansas
Humana Medicare PPO (4)
Humana's CHA Health Medicare HMO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Kentucky
Humana Medicare PPO (4)
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealthcare Medicare HMO/POS (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Louisiana
Humana Medicare HMO (4)
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Peoples Health Medicare HMO (4)
Maine
Martin's Point Generations Advantage Medicare HMO/POS (4)
Martin's Point Generations Advantage Medicare PPO (4)
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Maryland
Kaiser Mid-Atlantic Medicare HMO (5)
Massachusetts
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Michigan
Priority Health Medicare HMO/POS (4.5)
Priority Health Medicare PPO (4.5)
Minnesota
UCare Medicare PPO (4.5)
UCare Medicare HMO/POS (4.5)
Quartz Medicare HMO (4.5)
Mississippi
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Missouri
Essence Healthcare Medicare HMO (4)
Humana Medicare PPO (4)
Humana's CHA Health Medicare HMO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Montana
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Nebraska
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Nevada
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
New Hampshire
Martin's Point Generations Advantage Medicare HMO/POS (4)
Martin's Point Generations Advantage Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
New Jersey
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
New Mexico
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
New York
Excellus BCBS Medicare HMO (4.5)
Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Medicare HMO (4.5)
Univera Healthcare Medicare HMO (4.5)
North Carolina
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealthcare Medicare HMO/POS (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Care N' Care Medicare PPO (4)
North Dakota
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Ohio
PrimeTime Health Plan Medicare HMO/POS (4.5)
Oklahoma
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Oregon
Kaiser Medicare HMO (4.5)
Pennsylvania
UPMC Health Network Medicare PPO (4.5)
Rhode Island
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
South Carolina
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
South Dakota
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Tennessee
Humana's Cariten Medicare HMO (4)
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
Humana Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealthcare Medicare HMO/POS (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Texas
KS Plan Administrators Medicare HMO (4)
Humana's CHA Health Medicare HMO (4)
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealthcare Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Humana Medicare PPO (4)
Utah
Aetna Medicare PPO (4)
Humana Medicare PPO (4)
Regence BCBS Medicare PPO (4)
UnitedHealthcare Medicare HMO (4)
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Vermont
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Virginia
Kaiser Mid-Atlantic Medicare HMO (5)
Washington
Kaiser Washington Medicare HMO (4.5)
Kaiser Northwest Medicare HMO (4.5)
Regence BlueShield Medicare HMO (4.5)
West Virginia
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)
Wisconsin
Medical Associates Clinic Health Plan Medicare HMO (5)
Wyoming
UnitedHealth's Sierra Health Medicare PPO (4)