Managing Cardiovascular and Respiratory Conditions - Western - Commercial Managed Care

Plan Controlling
High Blood
Pressure
Cholesterol Management After Cardiovascular Event Persistence
of Beta
Blocker Use
Use of Appropriate
Medications for
People With Asthma
(Ages 18-56)
Use of Spirometry
Testing in the
Assessment and
Diagnosis of COPD
Cholesterol
Screening
Test
Cholesterol Level
Controlled
(<100 mg/dL)
Blue Choice 67 Significantly better than Statewide Average 90  61 Significantly better than Statewide Average 76  91  45
Community Blue 58  91  61 Significantly better than Statewide Average 71  90  37 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
GHI HMO Select 70 Significantly better than Statewide Average 92  53  --  89  49
Independent Health 69 Significantly better than Statewide Average 84 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 57  77  98 Significantly better than Statewide Average 38 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Preferred Care 61  91  66 Significantly better than Statewide Average 67  89  34 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Univera HealthCare 64 Significantly better than Statewide Average 91  60 Significantly better than Statewide Average 65  89  41
Upstate HMO 67 Significantly better than Statewide Average 87  58  80  94  44
Statewide Average 58 90 54 74 91 46
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.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.