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Company Profile for Medica.


Medica medica (māˑ·dē·k  is Minnesota's largest HMO HMO health maintenance organization.

HMO
n.
A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial,
, largest PPO PPO
abbr.
preferred provider organization


PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there
 and leading non-profit and independent provider of health plans. Medica has more than 1.2 million members and 27,000 providers in a regional health care network service area that includes 98 percent of Minnesotans and a growing number of adjoining counties in Wisconsin List of 72 counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:

State Abbr. FIPS State Code State
WI 55 Wisconsin
FIPS County Code County Name (County Seat)
001 Adams County (Friendship)
003 Ashland County (Ashland)
005 Barron County (Barron)
007 Bayfield County (Washburn)
, North Dakota and South Dakota. Medica also offers national network coverage to employers who also have employees outside the Medica regional network.

Medica has the highest accreditation status, Excellent, from the National Committee for Quality Assurance National Committee for Quality Assurance Medical practice A private, not-for-profit organization which has become the leading accreditor of managed care plans; in site visits, NCQA reviewers evaluate a managed care plan in terms of quality management, physicians'  (NCQA NCQA National Committee on Quality Assurance, see there (R)) for its Minnesota and North Dakota Medicaid HMO plans and commercial health plans. Medica's vision is to become the community's health plan of choice, trusted for its integrity, respected for its service, and admired for its commitment to innovation and efficiency.
Company:                Medica

   Headquarters Address:   401 Carlson Parkway
                           Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305

   Main Telephone:         952-992-2900

   Website:                www.medica.com

   Type of Organization:   Non-profit

   Industry:               Health insurance

   Key Executives:         CEO: David Tilford
                           COO: Aaron Reynolds
                           SVP, Marketing and Communications:
                                Robert Longendyke

   Public Relations
     Contact:              Greg Bury
     Phone:                952-992-8437
     Email:                greg.bury@medica.com

   Public Relations
     Contact:              Larry Bussey
     Phone:                952-992-8013
     Email:                larry.bussey@medica.com

   Communications Administrative Assistant
     Contact:              Jason Schuck
     Phone:                952-992-2313
     Email:                jason.schuck@medica.com
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