Annual External Quality Review Technical Report - New York State Department of Health
New York State (NYS) is dedicated to providing and maintaining the highest quality of care for enrollees in managed health care plans. The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Office of Health Insurance Programs (OHIP), and the Office of Quality and Patient Safety (OQPS), employ an ongoing strategy to improve the quality of care provided to plan enrollees, ensure the accountability of these plans and maintain the continuity of care to the public.
The Annual External Quality Review Technical Report (ATR) aggregates, analyzes, and evaluates information on the quality, timeliness and access to healthcare services that managed care plans (MCP) furnish to Medicaid recipients. The ATR is a report on the fifteen (15) Medicaid managed care plans and the three (3) HIV Special Needs (SNP) Medicaid managed care plans that are certified to provide Medicaid coverage in NYS. In accordance with federal requirements, these reports summarize the results of the 2019 External Quality Review (EQR), conducted by New York State's External Quality Review Organization (EQRO), Island Peer Review Organization (IPRO).
These reports are organized in the following manner: Purpose and Scope; Background and History of the NYS MMC program; External Quality Review Activities; Corporate Profiles; Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations Related to Quality, Timeliness and Access; Managed Care Plan (MCP)-Level Reporting; Validation of Performance Improvement Projects (PIP); Validation of Performance Measures; Review of Compliance with Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Regulations; and, Administration or Validaton of Quality of Care Surveys. Although the reports focus primarily on Medicaid data, selected sections of these reports also include data from the plans' Commercial and Child Health Plus product lines. Additionally, when available and appropriate, the plans' data are compared with statewide benchmarks. When benchmarks are utilized for rates other than QARR, comparative statements are based on differences determined by standard deviations: a difference of one standard deviation is used to determine rates that are higher or lower than the statewide average.
Section VI - MCP-Level Reporting, provides an assessment of the MCP’s strengths and opportunities for improvement in the areas of quality, timeliness and accessibility of services. For areas in which the plan has opportunities for improvement, recommendations are provided for improving the quality of health care services. To achieve full compliance with federal regulations, this section also includes an assessment of the degree to which the MCP has effectively addressed the recommendations for quality improvement made by the NYS EQRO in the previous year’s EQR report. The MCP was given the opportunity to describe current and proposed interventions that address areas of concern, as well as an opportunity to explain areas that the MCP did not feel were within its ability to improve. The response by the MCP is appended to this section of the report.
The Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) Annual Technical Report-Reporting Year: 2015, is an aggregated report on the MLTC plans certified to provide Medicaid coverage in NYS. The MLTC plans include: eight (8) Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) plans; thirty-one (31) Partially Capitated plans; seven (7) Medicaid Advantage Plus (MAP) plans; and, seventeen (17) Fully-Integrated Duals Advantage (FIDA) plans. The MLTC Annual Technical Report-Reporting Year: 2015 is organized into the following domains: Plan Profile, Enrollment, Member Satisfaction, Community Health Assessment (CHA), and Performance Improvement Projects (PIPs). When available and appropriate, the plans' data in these domains are compared to statewide benchmarks.
In an effort to provide the most consistent presentation of this varied information, the ATR is prepared based on data for the most current calendar year available. Where possible, data for prior calendar years may also be included for trending purposes. This report includes data for Reporting Year 2019.
Reporting Year 2019
Medicaid Managed Care Plans
HIV Special Needs Plans
Reporting Year 2018
Medicaid Managed Care Plans
- All Plan Summary Report (PDF)
- Affinity Health Plan (PDF)
- Capital District Physicians' Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP) (PDF)
- Community Blue: BCBS of Western New York HealthNow New York Inc. (PDF)
- Empire BCBS HealthPlus, LLC [an Amerigroup Company] (PDF)
- Excellus (PDF)
- Fidelis Care New York (PDF)
- Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (PDF)
- Healthfirst PHSP, Inc. (PDF)
- Independent Health Association, Inc. (PDF)
- MetroPlus Health Plan, Inc. (PDF)
- MVP Health Plan, Inc. (PDF)
- Molina Healthcare of New York, Inc. (PDF)
- UnitedHealthCare Community Plan (PDF)
- WellCare of New York, Inc. (PDF)
- YourCare Health Plan, Inc. (PDF)
HIV Special Needs Plans
