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Quick Facts about the UCare Difference

UCare...

  • Is a market leader in Minnesota’s Medicaid, Medicare and Individual and Family plan marketplace.
  • Has the longest serving Medicare Advantage plan in the state, and was among the first health plans to offer coverage through MNsure.
  • Is the fourth-largest health plan in Minnesota.
  • Provides health coverage to more than 116,000 Medicare enrollees, more than 37,000 adults with disabilities, more than 448,000 Medicaid members and more than 48,000 Individual & Family Plan members.
  • Works with an extensive network of health care providers across the region – including 96% of all doctors in Minnesota.
  • Pioneered transportation, interpretation and mobile dental services for state health care program enrollees.
  • Was the first health plan in Minnesota to offer coverage to people with disabilities, and currently serves the most members with disabilities of any health plan in Minnesota.
  • Is committed to being an anti-racist organization ensuring all members have a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
  • Before becoming an independent, nonprofit health plan in the late ‘80s, was a demonstration project at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Highlights

UCare is a 2023 Star Tribune Top 200 Workplace.

UCare Medicare is highly rated by Medicare Stars, with above average customer satisfaction scores

UCare maintains Health Plan Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for Medicare, Medicaid and Individual & Family health plans.

UCare’s Medicaid plans achieved NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation demonstrating UCare’s commitment to reducing health disparities and inequities.