UPMC for Life offers the best quality Medicare plan in PA. And its thanks in large part to you!
We are proud to announce that UPMC for Life earned an excellent 5 out of a possible 5 overall star rating for its HMO and PPO plans for 2022 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). UPMC for Life is the largest HMO plan in PA with a 5-star rating. This ranking also places UPMC for Life among the highest-rated Medicare plans in the nation!

Additionally, UPMC for Life received National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Accreditation. This makes UPMC for Life the ONLY plan in PA to have achieved NCQA Accreditation and a 5-star rating from CMS for both its HMO and PPO products.
 
Thank you for your continued partnership and contribution to this important achievement! You consistently go above and beyond for your clients and our members. Whether you’re making multiple home visits, answering phone calls outside of normal business hours, looking up additional resources, or even being a source of knowledge after a lead becomes a member… you do it all. This 5-star rating is also for YOU. Your commitment to bringing excellence and service to our more than 200,000 Medicare members has made this possible.
 
These excellent ratings help UPMC for Life maintain the strong benefits and programs we offer to our members and reflect the strength and stability consumers have long admired and expected from UPMC Health Plan. In fact, UPMC for Life has a member retention rate of 96% for its Medicare plans over the last year. We appreciate all you do to provide the best possible service to our members.
 
What does this mean for your leads?

• Well…it means a lot!―NCQA Accreditation and a 5 star rating from CMS are revered accomplishments among Medicare Advantage plans, and something you should boast about! Make sure to discuss these important achievements when speaking with your clients and take the time to educate them on how a Medicare Advantage plan earns these awards. We’ll be providing you with additional talking points about these awards soon.
• Resources you can use now―We are eager to celebrate this important news! You’ll soon see a special note that highlights this information included in new orders of our 2022 Plan Compare Guides and Enrollment Kits. We’ll also be mailing you hard copies of this note to have on hand when speaking with your clients and to include in kits you already have on hand.
• 5-star Special Election Period (SEP)―Now that UPMC for Life is a 5-star plan, Medicare beneficiaries can enroll in our plan even after AEP is over by using the 5-star SEP. Eligible Medicare beneficiaries can disenroll from their current plan and enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan offered by a Medicare Advantage organization that currently has a 5-star overall rating. The eligible individual can only use the SEP one time from Dec. 8, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022. We’ll be providing more information about this SEP and tools and resources you can use to help you generate leads after AEP in an upcoming broker blast. Stay tuned! 

If you have any questions, please contact your broker manager.
 
Thank you for your continued support of UPMC for Life!
Your Broker Manager team
 


Every year, Medicare evaluates plans on a 5-star rating system. UPMC for Life was rated 4 out of 5 stars for its HMO plans and 4.5 out of 5 stars for its PPO plans in NCQA’s Medicare Health Plan Ratings 2021.