In addition to our wide variety of plan offerings, there are numerous advantages for choosing Optima Health:
- Locally owned and operated.
- Optima was recently rated as the best plan in Virginia according to the "Consumers"Guide to Health Plans," published by Consumers’ Checkbook, a Washington-based nonprofit organization.1
- Four of Optima Health's plans have received an "Excellent" accreditation six years in a row from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to assessing and reporting on the quality of managed care plans.2
- Consistently high customer satisfaction from our survey results.3
- Many value-added services, including award-winning health and wellness programs.
- Large provider network.
- In-network benefits nationwide for PPO members who travel.
- On-site preventive health screenings.*
- Special discount programs exclusively available to our health plan members.
- Experience servicing more than 300,000 health plan members.
*On-site services may not be available in all areas. Benefits Administrators should contact us.

1Reported in the Virginian-Pilot, May 11, 2002, Section D, Page 1
2NCQA Health Plan Report Card, October 2003, http://www.ncqa.org/.
3Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS), May 2004
Optima Health is the trade name of Optima Health Plan, Optima Health Insurance Company, and Sentara Health Plans, Inc. Optima Health Plan underwrites HMO and Point of Service products. Optima Health Insurance Company underwrites Preferred Provider Organization products. Self-funded health benefit plans are administered by Sentara Health Plans, Inc.