Managing Acute Illnesses - Statewide - 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 --
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
CenterCare 87 Significantly better than Statewide Average 20 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 69
Community Blue 77 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 24 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 78
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  --
Hudson Health Plan 78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 21 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 82 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Independent Health's MediSource 77 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 18 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 86 Significantly better than Statewide Average
MHI (A+ Health Plan) --  --  --
MVP 70 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 20  72
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
Preferred Care 88 Significantly better than Statewide Average 29  80
Suffolk Health Plan 76  14 Significantly worse than Statewide Average --
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
Univera Community Health 85  24  80
WellCare of New York 86 Significantly better than Statewide Average 32 Significantly better than Statewide Average 70
Statewide Average 82 28 72
National Average 78 28 68
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.

National average is based on data from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).