Posted by Alan Mittermaier
Congratulations to Kaiser Permanente and its Medicare Advantage plan website, Medicare.KaiserPermanente.org, on repeating as winner of the 2018 “Madness in March” competition among 160 Medicare plan websites surveyed by HealthMetrix Research Inc. Since 2009, this is the seventh year that Kaiser Permanente’s website has been recognized as the overall top Medicare Advantage website. Kaiser Permanente’s website advanced through five rounds of matchups that featured 32 top-scoring Medicare Advantage websites. Other semifinalists included Aetna, MVP Health Care and Priority Health. The complete “Madness in March” bracket results can be viewed at — 2018 MWW Madness bracket FINAL
The annual independent MedicareWebWatch Project tracked 50 common and advanced features across four categories — content, member connectivity, design, transparency. HealthMetrix Research recognized a total of 9 “benchmark” and 34 “distinguished” Medicare plan websites in a February 15 PRNewswire release. See additional details about MedicareWebWatch website certification at – www.MedicareWebWatch.com