Managing Cardiovascular and Respiratory Conditions - Long Island - 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)
Aetna 43 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 88  53 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 72  91  54 Significantly better than Statewide Average
CIGNA 58  91  58  --  93  59 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Empire 55  92  64  80  92  60 Significantly better than Statewide Average
GHI HMO 70 Significantly better than Statewide Average 90  55  --  93  42
HIP 58  90  54 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 76  90  42 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Health Net of New York, Inc. 65 Significantly better than Statewide Average 94 Significantly better than Statewide Average 66 Significantly better than Statewide Average 73  93  58 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Oxford 39 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 93 Significantly better than Statewide Average 51 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 77  92  57 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Statewide Average 58 91 60 77 92 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.
** Rotated measure. Data is from 2006.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.