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title: Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota — Medical Loss Ratio & rebates (South Dakota, 2024)
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source: CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year
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# Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota — Medical Loss Ratio & rebates (South Dakota, 2024)

Medical Loss Ratio and rebate outcomes for Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota (parent group: Wellmark Group, as reported) in South Dakota, 2024 MLR reporting year, by market: individual 94.8%, small group 87.4%, large group 91.2%. Met the 80/20-rule floor in every market; no rebate owed. RECORDED CMS-published MLR / standard / premium / rebate; rebate-as-%-of-premium is DERIVED. A spending ratio across the whole book in a market — not plan quality or advice. CC0.

## Claims

### Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota spent 94.8% of individual premiums on care in SD (2024)

**RECORDED.** In the South Dakota individual market, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota's three-year credibility-adjusted Medical Loss Ratio was 94.8% against the 80% floor, on $166,410,364 of 2024 premium earned. It met the floor; no rebate owed. RECORDED CMS-published figures (occurred=true; an actual backward-looking ratio insurers report under the 80/20 rule, adjudged=TRUE — CMS published it); rebate-per-enrollee is a DERIVED sub-figure.

Source: CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year — https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/medical-loss-ratio
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year; superseded when CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year publishes its next release.

### Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota spent 87.4% of small group premiums on care in SD (2024)

**RECORDED.** In the South Dakota small group market, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota's three-year credibility-adjusted Medical Loss Ratio was 87.4% against the 80% floor, on $231,999,511 of 2024 premium earned. It met the floor; no rebate owed. RECORDED CMS-published figures (occurred=true; an actual backward-looking ratio insurers report under the 80/20 rule, adjudged=TRUE — CMS published it); rebate-per-enrollee is a DERIVED sub-figure.

Source: CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year — https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/medical-loss-ratio
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year; superseded when CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year publishes its next release.

### Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota spent 91.2% of large group premiums on care in SD (2024)

**RECORDED.** In the South Dakota large group market, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota's three-year credibility-adjusted Medical Loss Ratio was 91.2% against the 85% floor, on $532,888,022 of 2024 premium earned. It met the floor; no rebate owed. RECORDED CMS-published figures (occurred=true; an actual backward-looking ratio insurers report under the 80/20 rule, adjudged=TRUE — CMS published it); rebate-per-enrollee is a DERIVED sub-figure.

Source: CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year — https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/medical-loss-ratio
Falsifier: A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year; superseded when CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year publishes its next release.

### What a Medical Loss Ratio is — and is NOT

**INTERPRETATION.** A Medical Loss Ratio is a spending ratio across an issuer's WHOLE book in a market for a past period — the share of premium spent on care + quality improvement versus administration and profit. It is NOT a measure of plan quality, of your individual plan's value, or of coverage availability, and it is NOT advice. A low MLR triggers a rebate; it does not rate care.

Source: Coverage Atlas L5 boundary (a book-level spending ratio ≠ plan quality) — https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/
Falsifier: occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (an in-house reading, not an authority's verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. A flat representation would render this identically to the official facts; the four-status does not.

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Every claim above carries a four-status warrant (RECORDED / MODELED / DERIVED / INTERPRETATION) and a named source you can re-fetch — this is a research object, not a flat fact. Structured: `https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/mlr/50305-sd.jsonld`

## Data

### Medical Loss Ratio by market — Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota (South Dakota, 2024)

CMS-published credibility-adjusted MLR, standard, premium, and rebate (RECORDED). Rebate-per-enrollee is DERIVED.

| Market | 3-yr MLR | Floor | Met floor? | Premium (2024) | Rebate owed | Per enrollee | Warrant |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Individual | 94.8% | 80% | yes | $166,410,364 | $0 | — | RECORDED |
| Small group | 87.4% | 80% | yes | $231,999,511 | $0 | — | RECORDED |
| Large group | 91.2% | 85% | yes | $532,888,022 | $0 | — | RECORDED |