.Cover Letter
.Background Information
.Quality Matters
.Health Plan Choices
.Access and Service
.Doctors and Medical Care
.Staying Healthy
.Care for Kids
.Getting Better / Living with Illness (Part 1)
.Getting Better / Living with Illness (Part 2)
.Your Responsibilities
.Appeals and Complaints
.HMO and POS Plan Differences
.Sources of Information
.NJ Consumer Bill of Rights
.Return to Cover Page


1999 HMO Performance Report

Getting More Information
How can you contact your health plan?

The information provided in this report covers HMOs and POS plans in New Jersey with large commercial enrollment. The table below lists all health plans approved to provide services in New Jersey. The columns to the right indicate whether the plan offers commercial coverage or participates in Medicare or Medicaid. Use the telephone numbers below to call the health plans that interest you.

Note: Not all plans offer coverage in all counties. Call the health plans or see your employer for details.

Health PlanTelephone NumberCommercialMedicareMedicaid
Aetna U.S. Healthcare-New Jersey(800) 323-9930XXX
AMERIGROUP New Jersey, Inc.(800) 600-4441

X
AmeriHealth, Inc.(800) 877-9829XX
AtlantiCare Health Plans(800) 272-5995X

CIGNA HealthCare of New Jersey, Inc.(800) 345-9458XX
Empire Health Care(888) 476-8069X

Horizon Healthcare of New Jersey, Inc.(800) 355-2583XXX
Managed Healthcare Systems of New Jersey, Inc.(800) 941-4647

X
One Health Plan of New Jersey, Inc.(888) 999-8036X

Oxford Health Plans-New Jersey, Inc.(800) 444-6222XX
Physicians Health Services of New Jersey, Inc.(800) 441-5741XXX
Principal Health Care of Delaware, Inc.-New Jersey(800) 833-7423X

Prudential HealthCare-New Jersey(800) 422-7399X

QualCare, Inc.(800) 254-0130X

QualMed Plans for Health, Inc.(800) 736-2096XX
United Healthcare of New Jersey, Inc.(800) 705-1691XX
University Health Plans, Inc.(800) 564-6847X
X

Buyer's Guide

The Department of Banking and Insurance publishes a Buyer's Guide for individual and small employer coverage. You may obtain a copy of the Buyer's Guide for individuals at (800) 838-0935 and for small employers at (800) 263-5912. The Buyer's Guides and additional information about health coverage options are also available at the Department of Banking and Insurance's web site: www.naic.org/nj/njhomepg.html.

Medicare and Medicaid

For information on Medicare options, call the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services at (800) 792-8820 or visit Medicare's web site: www.medicare.gov. For questions about Medicaid health plan options, call the New Jersey Department of Human Services at (800) 356-1561 or visit www.state.nj.us/humanservices/.


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