Overall Star Rating
The
Overall Star Rating combines scores for the types of services each plan offers: What is being measured?
- For plans covering only health services and not offering prescription drug coverage (MAs) the overall quality score is the same as the Summary Rating of Health Plan Quality. This star rating covers many different health services topics that fall into 5 categories.
- For plans covering only drug services (PDPs), the overall quality score is the same as the Summary Rating of Prescription Drug Plan Quality. This star rating covers many different drug services topics that fall into 4 categories.
- For plans covering both health and drug services (MAPDs), the overall score for quality of those services covers all of the topics below.
Summary Rating of Prescription Drug Plan Quality
This summary rating gives an overall score on the drug plan’s quality and performance in many different topics that fall into 4 categories:
This information is gathered from several different sources. In some cases it is based on member surveys. In other cases, it is based on reviews of billing and other information that plans submit to Medicare results from Medicare’s regular monitoring activities.
Summary Rating of Health Plan Quality
This summary rating gives an overall score of the plan’s quality and performance on many different topics that fall into 5 categories:
This information is gathered from several different sources. In some cases it is based on member surveys, information from clinicians, or information from plans. In other cases, it is based on results from Medicare’s regular monitoring activities.