Managing Cardiovascular and Respiratory Conditions - Northeast - 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)
BSNENY 56  86 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 46 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 71  91  30 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
CDPHP 64 Significantly better than Statewide Average 90  63  82  91  36 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Empire 55  92  64  80  92  60 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield NA  90  68 Significantly better than Statewide Average 80  91  43 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
GHI HMO 70 Significantly better than Statewide Average 90  55  --  93  42
MVP 72 Significantly better than Statewide Average 87 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 65 Significantly better than Statewide Average 81  91  37 Significantly worse 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.
NA Not Applicable. Plan was not surveyed.
** Rotated measure. Data is from 2006.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.