QHP began partnering with Medicare eligibles on January 1, 2003, and, within a year's time, increased membership by 500 percent. In that same year, HealthMetrix Research, Inc ranked QHP the number one HMO in Hernando and Pasco Counties. This year, QHP has shown no signs of slowing down, having received the distinguished Gold Choice Award, and proudly serving 32 Florida Counties and 4 New York Counties through our Medicare Advantage Plans.  As indicated by the accolades and tremendous growth, QHP continually strives for outstanding performance and satisfaction among its members.

Quality Health Plans, Inc. (QHP) is a physician-owned Medicare Advantage HMO committed to providing our members the highest caliber, most effective and innovative programs in the healthcare industry. In order to accomplish this, we have gathered substantial input from the local provider community, and seek to preserve the independence of the physician-patient relationship in determining medical care.

Our style of management empowers primary care physicians to use their professional experience to coordinate and ensure the best possible care for each patient. In other words, QHP allows its team of dedicated physicians and healthcare professionals to focus on what is most important--providing exceptional quality care and achieving high levels of patient satisfaction.

We focus on preventive rather than reactive care. We concentrate on keeping our patients healthy by encouraging them to have routine check-ups, annual immunizations and hearing and vision examinations, as well as providing care when they are sick or injured.

Use of healthcare services for primary and specialty physicians traditionally focus on patients choosing their own access point. Quality Health Plan’s (QHP) healthcare model lets the primary care physician schedule each patient as frequently as needed so that the patient’s care is closely monitored. Patients may schedule visits more frequently, and our research indicates that 20 percent will do so. Services not available, or more appropriately, provided by non-primary care physicians, are also coordinated with the patient’s primary doctor.

QHP delivers a broad range of comprehensive health services, and we ensure that our patients have access to all covered healthcare services. Contracted physicians and healthcare providers are expected to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, whether it is during office hours, after hours or via service coverage. Patients in and out of the defined service area may also access hospital emergency room services 24 hours a day, seven days a week for urgent/emergent care.

Quality Health Plans, Inc. (QHP) believes that quality healthcare starts with the provider-patient relationship. We carefully select only the best physicians and hospitals to contract with QHP. In addition, we have a formal Quality Assurance Team that monitors the quality of our network and providers.

It is not uncommon for most physicians and patients to think of healthcare in terms of treatment rather than prevention. At QHP, we focus on keeping our patients healthy by encouraging them to have routine check-ups, annual immunizations, early intervention encounters, and hearing and vision examinations. Of course, we also provide the best possible care when patients are sick or injured.

QHP is committed to bringing quality, affordable, convenient, and easy-to-use healthcare to all of our patients.