Blue Plus earns 5-star rating for Minnesota Senior Health Options plan

All four Blue Cross and Blue Plus Medicare plans earn 4.5 stars or higher

EAGAN, Minn. (October 12, 2021) – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) and Blue Plus today announced that its SecureBlueSM (HMO SNP) Minnesota Senior Health Options plan achieved a 5-star quality rating out of five stars for 2022 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Additionally, Blue Cross achieved a 4.5-star rating out of five stars for its 2022 Medicare Advantage plans, Platinum BlueSM Cost plans and MedicareBlueSM Rx Part D plans. 

“Providing top quality Medicare plans that Minnesota seniors can count on is a priority at Blue Cross,” said Monica Engel, senior vice president at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and CEO of Blue Plus. "By championing member needs and pursuing excellence in execution, our plans have maintained 4-star or better since we created the Star and Risk Adjustment Center of Excellence in 2015.”

Every year, Medicare evaluates Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug (Part D) plans based on a 5-star rating system across a series of quality performance measures, including appropriate clinical care, health outcomes, member experience, health plan administration and customer service. Ratings range from one to five stars, with five being the highest.

The mission of the Star and Risk Adjustment Center of Excellence is to drive health plan quality to new heights each year through its focus on provider engagement, member experience with Blue Cross and their providers, health improvement programs, administrative excellence and data analytics. 2022 Star Ratings are based on services and care members received in 2020 and measures are graded on a curve relative to other plan’s performance that year.

More information about Blue Cross’ Medicare plans can be found at Bluecrossmn.com/medicare. 
 

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

For more than 90 years, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (bluecrossmn.com) has supported the health, wellbeing and peace of mind of our members by striving to ensure equitable access to high quality care at an affordable price. We are on a mission to inspire change, transform care and improve health for the people and communities we serve by reinventing both ourselves and the broader system. Our more than 2.5 million members can be found in every Minnesota county, all 50 states and on four continents. As a proud nonprofit organization, we believe working to advance wellness for all Minnesotans is the greatest investment we can make. Our goal is nothing less than for everyone to be able to achieve their full health potential, regardless of race or other socially defined circumstances. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, which serves more than 107 million members across the U.S.

Blue Cross offers PPO, Cost and PDP plans with Medicare contracts and Blue Plus offers an HMO SNP plan that contracts with both Medicare and the Minnesota Medical Assistance (Medicaid) program to provide benefits of both programs to enrollees. Enrollment in these Blue Cross or Blue Plus plans depend on contract renewal.