Consumers Compare Health Insurance Plans

Health And Beauty The California Department of Insurance on Monday announced a new health care report card program for six of the state's largest preferred provider organizations as part of an effort to help consumers compare health plans, the Los Angeles Times reports Health And Beauty.

State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said the report cards will measure how physicians in each PPO network follow best-practices guidelines,Health And Beauty including providing childhood immunizations and giving at-risk patients regular cancer screenings.

Health And Beauty Poizner said details of the new reporting program were being finalized. He added that the program was the first in a series of measures he plans to take to increase oversight of the health insurance industry. The participating insurers are Aetna; Blue Shield of California; Cigna; Health Net; WellPoint;Health And Beauty and UnitedHealth Group.