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Medica
Medica is a
non-profit corporation that includes a
family of businesses: Medica Health
Plans, Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin,
Medica Insurance Company, Medica
Self-Insured, Medica Health Management,
LLC, and the Medica Foundation. Medica
has the highest accreditation status,
Excellent, from the National Committee
for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
for its Minnesota Medicaid HMO plans and commercial health plans in
Minnesota and North Dakota.
History
Medica was founded by physicians in 1975
as Physicians Health Plan. It was the
first open-access health plan in the
state. In 1991, PHP merged with Share to
become Medica. And in 1994, Medica
merged with HealthSpan to form Allina
Health System, an integrated
organization offering both health care
coverage and medical services. Medica
became an independent health plan in
2001.
MembershipMedica provides health coverage
to 1.3 million members. Its coverage is
available to individuals, employers,
third-party administrators and
government programs in Minnesota and
select counties in Wisconsin, North
Dakota and South Dakota.
Provider Network
Medica's broadest regional
provider network includes 27,000
providers at more than 4,000 offices,
clinics and hospitals in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, North Dakota and South
Dakota. More than 96% of Minnesota
providers participate in this network.
Medica also offers a health plan with
coverage that features access to a large
national network of nearly 500,000
providers and 5,000 hospitals. In
addition, Medica offers several plans
that feature smaller, cost-efficient
networks.
Financials
In 2006, Medica generated $2.4 billion
in revenue. Nearly 91 percent of fully
insured premium revenue was used to pay
health care expenses. Click one of the following for more information Medica Health Insurance
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