Perinatal Health - Statewide - Commercial Managed Care

Plan Perinatal Health †
Low
Birthweight*
Prenatal Care
in the
First Trimester
Percent of
LBW Births at
Level II/III/IV Facilites
  Plan represented in Rest of State
Aetna 4.9 89 90
BSNENY 4.8 90 43
Blue Choice 5.0 89 77
CDPHP 3.8 92 Significantly better than statewide average 86
CIGNA 7.0 90 --
Community Blue 4.2 84 Significantly worse than statewide average 62
Empire 4.9 88 96
GHI HMO Select 9.3 Significantly worse than statewide average 84 --
HIP 5.5 84 Significantly worse than statewide average 99
Health Net 5.2 90 Significantly better than statewide average 96
Independent Health 4.0 85 Significantly worse than statewide average 66
MDNY 2.0 91 --
MVP 4.4 87 64
Oxford 5.6 88 94
Preferred Care 4.4 87 74
UnitedHealthCare of New York 5.8 89 --
Univera HealthCare 3.5 89 71
Upstate HMO 3.6 93 Significantly better than statewide average --
Regional Average 4.8 88 81
Statewide Average 5.3 87 89
Plan
Low
Birthweight*
Prenatal Care
in the
First Trimester
Percent of
LBW Births at
Level II/III/IV Facilites
  Plan represented in NYC
Aetna     6.6 85 99
CIGNA 7.5 88 --
Empire     6.5 85 100
GHI HMO Select -- -- --
HIP     6.5 82 Significantly worse than statewide average 99
Health Net 6.2 89 Significantly better than statewide average 99
Oxford     5.9 86 100
UnitedHealthCare of New York 7.7 86 100
Regional Average 6.3 85 100
Statewide Average 5.3 87 89
Significantly better than statewide average Significantly better than the regional average in 2006.
Significantly worse than statewide average Significantly worse than the regional average in 2006.
-- Sample size too small to report.
* A lower rate is desirable. For more information about the risk-adjustment methodologies, see the Technical Notes section
Data is from 2006.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the regional average.