Managing Cardiovascular Conditions - Northeast - Commercial HMO Managed Care

Plan Controlling
High Blood
Pressure**		 Cholesterol Management After Cardiovascular Event Persistence
of Beta
Blocker Use
Cholesterol
Screening
Test		 Cholesterol Level
Controlled
(<100 mg/dL)
CDPHP 68 89 67 Significantly better than Statewide Average 77
Empire 67 96 Significantly better than Statewide Average 71 Significantly better than Statewide Average 74
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield 67 90 66 Significantly better than Statewide Average 82
HealthNow New York Inc. 60 90 57 76
MVP 66 90 61 79
Statewide Average 63 91 58 76

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.
** Rotated measure. Data is from 2008.

Notes

  • Plans without symbols are consistent with the statewide average.