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Article: HMO Enrollment Down in Several New England States; New Hampshire is Only New England State to Increase HMO/POS Membership in 2004, According to New Research from HealthLeaders-InterStudy.
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- March 7, 2005
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of managed care industry intelligence, finds that HMO enrollment continues to decline in most New England states -- even Massachusetts, traditionally an HMO stronghold.
According to the latest issue of the New England Health Plan Analysis, HMOs' share of the commercial market in Massachusetts went from 65% in January 2004 to 62% in July 2004. In Maine, it went from 26.9% to 23.1%; and in Vermont, from 24.5% to 24.2%. But in New Hampshire, HMOs' share of the commercial market was up slightly, from 35.7% to 36.2%.
"There is continuing migration to PPOs," said Paula ...