Perinatal Health - Statewide - Commercial Managed Care

Plan Perinatal Health †
Low
Birthweight*
Prenatal Care
in the
First Trimester
Percent of
LBW Births at
Level II/III/IV Facilites
  Plan represented in Rest of State
Aetna 4.5 89 96
BSNENY 3.2 89 --
Blue Choice 4.2 89 64
CDPHP 3.9 91 Significantly better than statewide average 88
CIGNA 3.2 89 --
Community Blue 5.3 87 76
Empire 5.0 89 91
GHI HMO Select 4.5 82 Significantly worse than statewide average --
HIP 6.3 Significantly worse than statewide average 86 Significantly worse than statewide average 99
Health Net 5.4 90 96
Independent Health 3.8 88 69
MDNY 4.4 89 --
MVP 4.4 89 80
Oxford 5.2 89 97
Preferred Care 5.0 86 Significantly worse than statewide average 69
UnitedHealthCare of New York 5.4 87 95
Univera HealthCare 4.5 89 75
Upstate HMO 5.5 89 --
Regional Average 4.7 89 84
Statewide Average 5.1 88 91
Plan
Low
Birthweight*
Prenatal Care
in the
First Trimester
Percent of
LBW Births at
Level II/III/IV Facilites
  Plan represented in NYC
Aetna     5.6 86 100
CIGNA 5.1 89 100
Empire     5.3 87 100
GHI HMO Select -- -- --
HIP     6.4 82 Significantly worse than statewide average 100
Health Net 5.5 88 100
Oxford     5.7 89 Significantly better than statewide average 100
UnitedHealthCare of New York 6.2 90 Significantly better than statewide average 100
Regional Average 5.8 87 100
Statewide Average 5.1 88 91
Significantly better than statewide average Significantly better than the regional average in 2005.
Significantly worse than statewide average Significantly worse than the regional average in 2005.
-- Sample size too small to report.
* A lower rate is desirable. For more information about the risk-adjustment methodologies, see the Technical Notes section
Data is from 2005.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the regional average.