October’s edition conveys some of our tabulations working with the recently published NCQA Medicaid health plan quality ratings for Rating Year 2018-2019.  AmeriHealth Caritas and UnitedHealthcare are the two top-rated national chain organizations in terms of their average NCQA rating across the states they serve.  Among the 13 Medicaid MCOs with a rating of 4.5 or above, the plans achieving this excellent quality score on the largest Medicaid membership base are Health Partners Plans in Pennsylvania, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, and Priority Health in Michigan.