Medicare Advantage health plan in Florida to be liquidated

By RitterIM

Ritter Insurance Marketing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has terminated its Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug contract with Quality Health Plans of Florida, ordering it liquidated as of Dec. 1 2011. The plan had 10,242 members as of September 2011 who will be automatically enrolled in a Humana drug plan and original Medicare as of Dec. 1.

All of the members will also get a special election to choose a new plan and have guarantee issue rights to obtain Medigap coverage, if they so choose.

Here is a breakdown of the plan’s membership by county obtained from a CMS report: Bradford — 11; Brevard — 477; Charlotte — 79; Citrus — 170; Clay — 241; Duval — 682; Hernando —121; Hillsborough — 187; Indian River — 1,044; Lake — 147; Lee — 154; Manatee — 83; Marion — 107; Martin — 317; Okeechobee — 389; Orange — 166; Osceola — 118; Palm Beach — 20; Pasco — 426; Pinellas — 360; Polk — 2,696; Sarasota — 109; Seminole — 44; St. Johns — 33; St. Lucie — 660; Sumter — 103; Volusia — 918.

Here is the story from TheLedger.com