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)
Community Blue 58  91  62  72  92  39 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield NA  90  68 Significantly better than Statewide Average 80  91  43 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Independent Health 69 Significantly better than Statewide Average 91  66 Significantly better than Statewide Average 84 Significantly better than Statewide Average 97 Significantly better than Statewide Average 37 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Preferred Care 61  91  70 Significantly better than Statewide Average 76  89 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 39 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Univera HealthCare 64 Significantly better than Statewide Average 91  62  68  87 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 30 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.
NA Not Applicable. Plan was not surveyed.
** Rotated measure. Data is from 2006.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.