Managing Acute Illnesses - Long Island - 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**
Affinity Health Plan 79 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 23 Significantly worse than Statewide Average --
Fidelis Care New York 85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 22 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 75
HIP 86 Significantly better than Statewide Average 28  51 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Health Plus 78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 24 Significantly worse than Statewide Average --
HealthFirst PHSP, Inc. 85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 30  --
Suffolk Health Plan 76  14 Significantly worse than Statewide Average --
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.
-- Sample size too small to report.
** Rotated measure. Data is from 2005.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.