Managing Acute Illnesses - Northeast - Commercial HMO Managed Care

Plan Use of Imaging
Studies for Low
Back Pain		 Avoidance of
Antibiotic Therapy
in Adults with
Acute Bronchitis
CDPHP 75 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 18 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Empire 75 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 24 Significantly better than Statewide Average
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield 83 Significantly better than Statewide Average 15 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
HealthNow New York Inc. 81 Significantly better than Statewide Average 16 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
MVP 74 Significantly worse than Statewide Average 19 Significantly worse than Statewide Average
Statewide Average 79 22

Key

Symbol Meaning
Significantly better than Statewide Average Significantly better than the statewide average.
Significantly worse than Statewide Average Significantly worse than the statewide average.

Notes

  • Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.