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QUALITY HEALTH PLANS, INC

Company Information

Company Demographic Information
Name of Company:
QUALITY HEALTH PLANS, INC
Case Number:2011 CA 002245
Guaranty Association:
None
Type of Coverage:
Health Maintenance Organization
State of Domicile:
Florida
Status of Receivership:
Closed
Important Receivership Dates
Date of Rehabilitation:
November 16, 2011
Date of Liquidation:
December 01, 2011
Policy Cancellation Date:December 01, 2011
Claims Filing Deadline:
November 16, 2012
Objection Deadline:
January 29, 2016
Date of Discharge:
November 30, 2022

Notice of Receivership
Quality Health Plans, Inc., (Quality) was ordered liquidated on December 1, 2011 by the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County, Florida. The Florida Department of Financial Services is the court appointed Receiver of Quality. The company was previously ordered into receivership on October 17, 2011 and was placed under a subsequent rehabilitation order on November 16, 2011.

Background Information

Quality was a provider-sponsored health maintenance organization that obtained its Florida Certificate of Authority in 2002 and began operations in January 2003. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Quality was a Medicare only HMO of approximately 10,000 Medicare subscribers. Medicare premiums and contracts are administered through a federal agency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS"). As Quality only wrote Medicare health care coverage, there is no guaranty association coverage available to pay claims.

Proof of Claim Forms
​On August 3 and 6, 2012, the Department mailed Proof of Claim forms to all known claimants for Quality Health Plans, Inc. The deadline for filing a Proof of Claim was November 16, 2012. 

Notices of Determination

​Notices of Determination for the First Interim Claims Report:

On December 15, 2015, the Department sent 1,763 Notices of Determination (NODs) via US postal mail to claimants with Class 2 through Class 11 claims informing them of the Department's recommendations concerning the amount recommended and classification of their filed claim. 

The objection filing deadline was January 29, 2016.  All objections were required to be filed in writing to both the Division and to the Clerk of Court before the deadline date in order to be considered.  Objections that were filed after the deadline were not considered.  It was recommended that objections be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.  

 

Notices of Determination for the Second Interim Claims Report:

On June 13, 2016, the Department sent 2 Notices of Determination (NODs) via US postal mail to claimants with Class 6 claims informing them of the Department's recommendations concerning the amount recommended and classification of their filed claim. 

The objection filing deadline was July 13, 2016.  ​All objections were required to be filed in writing to both the Division and to the Clerk of Court before the deadline date in order to be considered.  Objections that were filed after the deadline were not considered.  It was recommended that objections be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.    ​

Distribution

​On October 8, 2021, the Department mailed distribution checks for claims that were filed and adjudicated in the QHP receivership.  The checks are dated October 4, 2021 and were valid for 90 days from that date.  

On December 14, 2021, additional distribution checks were mailed.  The checks are dated December 8, 2021 and were valid for 90 days from that date.

The Department does not anticipate any further distributions.

W-9 Request Letters

​W-9 Request Letters with attached Internal Revenue Service W-9 Forms and instructions were mailed on June 29, 2021.  Payment of claims is subject to court approval and the receipt of a properly executed W-9 Form.  A response was requested by July 21, 2021 in order to expedite the claims distribution once authorized by the court.

Estate Closed
​The Department was discharged of all of its responsibilities in administering this estate and the estate was closed at 11:59 PM on November 30, 2022.​

Unclaimed Property From Previous Distributions

Pursuant to the Distribution Orders, all uncashed distribution checks were sent to the Department of Financial Services, Division of Unclaimed Property. The Division of Unclaimed Property may be reached at:

fltreasurehunt.gov
Phone: (850) 410-9253
Toll Free: 1-888-258-2253 (Florida only)
Florida Department of Financial Services
Division of Unclaimed Property
P.O. Box 1910
Tallahassee, FL 32301-1910

The following documents are provided as Adobe Acrobat PDF files and are best viewed using the free Adobe Acrobat reader software.

Court Documents

DateTitleSize
12/13/2022Order Approving Department's Discharge Accounting Statement, Directing Final Discharge, and Authorizing Destruction of Obsolete Records647K
11/14/2022Department's Motion for Order Approving Discharge Accounting Statement, Directing Final Discharge, and Authorizing Destruction of Obsolete Records344K
09/21/2021Order Approving Final Claims Report, Claims Distribution Report and Distribution Accounting and Authorizing Distribution525K
09/17/2021Order Approving Department's Motion for Approval of Final Claims Report, Distribution Report and Distribution Accounting, and for Order Authorizing Distribution522K
08/23/2021Department's Motion for Approval of Final Claims Report, Distribution Report and Distribution Accounting, and for Order Authorizing Distribution395K
08/23/2021Department's Motion for Order Approving Final Claims Report, Claims Distribution Report, Distribution Accounting Statement, and Authorizing Distribution190K
03/30/2021Order Approving Federal Release357K
04/23/2019Order Granting DFS Motion for Court to Set Claims Bar Date558K
04/22/2019DFS's Motion For Court to Set Claims Bar Date 04.22.19714K
06/13/2016Order Approving Receiver's Second Interim Claims Report and Recommendation on Claims427K
06/07/2016Receiver's Motion For Approval of Second Interim Claims Report and Recommendation on Claims441K
12/09/2015Order Approving Receiver's First Interim Claims Report and Recommendations On Claims605K
12/09/2015Receiver's Motion for Approval of First Interim Claims Report and Recommendation on Claims367K
11/22/2011Order Granting Receiver's Motion To Establish Claims Procedure and Filing Deadline35K
11/16/2011Order Granting Receiver's Motion for Modification and Ordering Liquidation of Quality Health Plans, Inc.145K
10/17/2011Order Appointing the Florida Department of Financial Services as Receiver61K
08/25/2011Order to Show Cause, Injunction, and Notice of Automatic Stay53K
08/17/2011Florida Department of Financial Services Petition for Order to Show Cause, Injunction, and Notice of Automatic Stay for Purposes of Liquidation and Request for Expedited Hearing2,226K

 

Notices

DateTitleSize
10/08/2021Notice Regarding Time Sensitive Distribution Checks38K
12/05/2011Notice To Medical Providers127K
11/28/2011Aviso a los Miembros315K
11/22/2011Your Health & Drug Plan Coverage Is Changing Right Now73K
11/22/2011Notice to Members Regarding Liquidation172K
10/05/2011Aviso a los Proveedores de Servicios Medicos266K

 

Other

DateTitleSize
06/29/2021W-9 Request Letter651K
09/22/2020Insolvency Report148K