Managing Cardiovascular and Respiratory Conditions - Western - Medicaid Managed Care

Plan Controlling
High Blood
Pressure**
Cholesterol Management After Cardiovascular Event 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 56  78 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 44  91  32 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield 64  86  55 Significantly better than Statewide Average 86 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 40
Fidelis Care New York 61  86  47  89  38
Independent Health's MediSource 60  81 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 49  99 Significantly better than Statewide Average 43
Preferred Care 57  79  48  90  13 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Univera Community Health 56  80  52  90  40
Statewide Average 60 89 47 90 40
Significantly better than Statewide Average Significantly better than the statewide average.
Significantly worse than Statewide Average Significantly worse than the statewide average.
** Rotated measure. Data is from 2006.

Note Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.