Managing Medications - Western - 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
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
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
Independent Health 84 Significantly better than Statewide Average 81  80  81 Significantly better than Statewide Average 59  80
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
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.