Health Alliance Plan MA

Contract: H1724 · Plan type: HMO

Evidence lead: Ranks seven through ten · High appeal-filing share

Health Alliance Plan MA: Appeals followed a large share of denials

593 appeals equal 15.0% of this contract's recorded denials. That is rank #9 of 37 for filing share. The ratio reports aggregate activity; it cannot reveal why an appeal was or was not filed, whether the underlying cases were comparable, or what happened outside the reporting window.

Ranks seven through ten · High appeal-filing share

Appeals followed a large share of denials

593 appeals equal 15.0% of this contract's recorded denials. That is rank #9 of 37 for filing share. The ratio reports aggregate activity; it cannot reveal why an appeal was or was not filed, whether the underlying cases were comparable, or what happened outside the reporting window.

Ranks twenty-six through thirty · Lower-middle denial cohort

Below the center of the denial-rate ordering

At 5.9%, this contract sits in the lower-middle part of the observed distribution. The exact rank is #28 of 37. This is aggregate prior-authorization activity for the reporting window, not a probability that a particular service, drug, or beneficiary request will be denied.

Ranks twenty-six through thirty · Moderate request-volume cohort

A mid-lower authorization workload

This contract's 67,000 requests form a moderate comparison base within the table. Its request-volume rank is #26 of 37. Volume shows the denominator behind approvals and denials; it is not a measure of plan quality, membership, benefit breadth, price, or future coverage decisions.

Ranks eleven through fifteen · Upper-middle overturn cohort

Appeal overturns ran above most contracts

The observed overturn rate is 74.0%, in the upper-middle portion of the table. Its overturn-rate rank is #12 of 37. The denominator is filed appeals, not all authorization requests. The percentage therefore describes reviewed appeals and must not be read as an individual outcome forecast.

Ranks eleven through fifteen · Upper-middle reversal reach

Reversals covered an above-median share of denials

Overturned appeals represent 11.1% of all denials here, based on 439 reversals. The cross-contract rank is #12 of 37. This derived measure combines appeal filing and outcome, so it supplies scale context but does not identify clinical reasons, administrative errors, or coverage rules.

Prior Authorization Scorecard

PA Requests
67,000
PA Denial Rate
5.9%
Appeals Filed
593
Appeal Overturn Rate
74.0%

Detailed Metrics

Metric Value
Prior Authorization Requests 67,000
PA Approved 63,047
PA Denied 3,953
Appeals Filed 593
Appeals Overturned 439
Source: CMS Office of Inspector General report OEI-09-22-00380; KFF 2023 Medicare Advantage analysis. Verify with HHS OIG → · CMS.gov →
Sources, caveats, and related notes for Health Alliance Plan MA
What does Health Alliance Plan MA's overturn rate mean? Of the appeals filed after denials in this source record, 74% were overturned (439 of 593 filed appeals, not all 3,953 denied requests).
This data is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical, financial, or insurance advice. Contact CMS or your plan for coverage decisions. Data from CMS OIG and KFF Medicare Advantage analysis.

Data: CMS OIG OEI-09-22-00380 and KFF 2023 Medicare Advantage analysis. Not affiliated with CMS. ← All MA plans

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary data: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Medicare Advantage Encounter Data (Report OEI-09-22-00380, 2024). Secondary data: Kaiser Family Foundation 2023 Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization analysis. Methodology and editorial review by PlainInsurer, see methodology.