Managing Acute Illnesses - Central - Medicaid Managed Care

Plan Use of Imaging
Studies for Low
Back Pain
Avoidance of
Antibiotic Therapy
in Adults with
Acute Bronchitis
Advising
Smokers to
Quit**
Blue Choice Option 84  21 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 75
CDPHP 76 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 52 Significantly better than Statewide Average 76
Fidelis Care New York 85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 22 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 75
GHI HMO Select 77 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 24  62
Total Care 69 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 17 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 66
UnitedHealthCare of New York 77 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 45 Significantly better than Statewide Average 71
Statewide Average 82 28 72
Significantly better than Statewide Average Significantly better than the statewide average.
Significantly worse than Statewide Average Significantly worse than the statewide average.
** Rotated measure. Data is from 2005.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.