Managing Medications - Statewide - Commercial Managed Care

Plan Drug Therapy
in Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Annual Monitoring for Patients on Persistent Medications
ACE Inhibitors
or ARB's
Digoxin Diuretics Anticonvulsants Combined Rate
Aetna 69 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 79 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 80  78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 64  78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
BSNENY 85  80  83  80  66  80
CDPHP 87 Significantly better than Statewide Average 82 Significantly better than Statewide Average 85  82 Significantly better than Statewide Average 59  81 Significantly better than Statewide Average
CIGNA 74  85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 92 Significantly better than Statewide Average 85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 58  84 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Community Blue 84  78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 84  78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 55 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Empire 82  85 Significantly better than Statewide Average 86 Significantly better than Statewide Average 84 Significantly better than Statewide Average 64 Significantly better than Statewide Average 84 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield 90 Significantly better than Statewide Average 74 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 77 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 73 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 60  73 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
GHI HMO 68  83  89  84 Significantly better than Statewide Average 65  83 Significantly better than Statewide Average
HIP 75 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 84 Significantly better than Statewide Average 86  82 Significantly better than Statewide Average 61  83 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Health Net of New York, Inc. 79  84 Significantly better than Statewide Average 82  83 Significantly better than Statewide Average 66  83 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Independent Health 84 Significantly better than Statewide Average 81  80  81 Significantly better than Statewide Average 59  80
MVP 79  78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 76 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 77 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 58 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 77 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Oxford 76 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 84 Significantly better than Statewide Average 85  83 Significantly better than Statewide Average 63  83 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Preferred Care 89 Significantly better than Statewide Average 79 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 81  78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 65  79 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Univera HealthCare 86 Significantly better than Statewide Average 80 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 89 Significantly better than Statewide Average 79  59  79 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Statewide Average 81 81 83 80 61 80
National Average 85 77 80 77 60 77
Significantly better than Statewide Average Significantly better than the statewide average.
Significantly worse than Statewide Average Significantly worse than the statewide average.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.

National average is based on 2007 data from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).