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Posted at 10:48 a.m., Friday, November 3, 2006

HMSA's HMO ranked 73rd in U.S.; Kaiser is 93rd

Advertiser Staff

Health Plan Hawaii, the health maintenance organization operated by the Hawaii Medical Service Association, is the 73rd best commercial health plan in the U.S., according to a ranking by U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

The same ranking put Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Hawaii as the 95th best.

Criteria for inclusion in the ranking included access to care, treatment and member satisfaction.

As reported earlier, the Medicaid plan operated by Kaiser was cited as being the 3rd-best in the nation.