Managing Acute Illnesses - NYC - 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 --
AmeriChoice 85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 33 Significantly better than Statewide Average 50 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
AmeriGroupCorp 86 Significantly better than Statewide Average 25 Significantly worse than Statewide Average --
CenterCare 87 Significantly better than Statewide Average 20 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 69
Community Choice Health Plan 78  33  --
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
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  --
MHI (A+ Health Plan) --  --  --
MetroPlus 82  26  71
Neighborhood Health Providers 77 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 20 Significantly worse than Statewide Average --
New York-Presbyterian CHP 85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 26  63
UnitedHealthCare of New York 77 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 45 Significantly better than Statewide Average 71
WellCare of New York 86 Significantly better than Statewide Average 32 Significantly better than Statewide Average 70
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.