Each year, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) rates health plans. The rating is based on the quality of care patients receive, how happy they are with their care and health plans’ efforts to keep improving.
Priority Partners earned an overall quality performance rating of 4 out of 5 in the NCQA Medicaid Health Plan Ratings 2026.
Priority Partners improved by a full point from last year. Beyond the numbers, these scores reflect our commitment to provide our members with better health outcomes, a high-quality provider network and a superior patient experience.
“Improving a full point in a single year to become one of Maryland’s highest-rated Medicaid plans is a testament to the extraordinary commitment of our teams and provider partners,” said Marina Zeltser, M.D., M.B.A., Associate Chief Medical Officer for Quality and Transformation at Johns Hopkins Health Plans. “Most importantly, it reflects our commitment to ensuring that every Priority Partners member has access to high-quality care and the opportunity to achieve their best possible health.”
NCQA’s Health Plan Report Cards assess over 90% of the nation’s commercial, Medicare and Medicaid health plans with a focus in areas of patient experience, prevention, equity and treatment. The plan ratings use the combined quality measures from NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) Health Outcome Survey, Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) scores and NCQA Accreditation status.
The NCQA releases its annual ratings to provide consumers with reliable information with which to use in choosing a health plan.
Priority Partners is proud to have health plan accreditation from the NCQA.
About NCQA
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations and manages the evolution of HEDIS, the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA’s website (www.ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others make more informed health care choices.
CAHPS is a registered trademark of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
HEDIS is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
