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Top 10 Performers in 5 Effectiveness of Care Measures

November 1, 1998

Top 10 Performers in 5 Effectiveness of Care Measures

Follow-Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness
(% patients who had follow-up visit within 30 days of discharge)
National HMO average: 69.1%
BlueChoice (Phoenix) 100%
Group Health Cooperative (Madison, WI) 98.4%
Health Network (Colorado Springs, CO) 96.9%
NorthMed (Traverse City, MI) 94.1%
BlueSelect (Phoenix) 93.9%
Blue Choice (Manchester, NH) 93.1%
Fallon Community Health Plan (Worcester, MA) 93.1%
Kaiser (Denver) 92.9%
Welborn Health Plan (Evansville, IN) 92.7%
Health New England (Springfield, MA) 92.3%

Childhood Immunization Status
(% 2-year-olds who had all five immunizations oral polio, diphtheria, MMR, HIB, Hepatitis B in the reporting year)
National HMO average: 64.4%
Group Health Cooperative (Madison, WI) 93.4%
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound 91.5%
ConnectiCare (Farmington, CT) 91.2%
HealthAmerica (Pittsburgh) 90.6%
Fallon Community Health Plan (Worcester, MA) 90.0%
Tufts HMO (Waltham, MA) 89.8%
HealthAssurance (Pittsburgh) 87.8%
Health Care Plan (Buffalo, NY) 87.6%
PHP (Baldwinsville, NY) 87.2%
PHP Options (Baldwinsville, NY) 87.2%

Cervical Cancer Screening
(% women who had a Pap smear in the last three years)
National HMO average: 72.1%
American HMO (Matteson, IL) 100%
Blue Care Network (Lansing, MI) 89.5%
HMO Choice (South Portland, ME) 89.5%
Group Health Cooperative (Madison, WI) 88.3%
Finger Lakes POS (Rochester, NY) 87.9%
Finger Lakes HMO (Rochester, NY) 87.9%
Network Health Plan (Mensasha, WI) 87.7%
Central Minnesota Group Health (Waite Park, MN) 87.2%
Fallon Community Health Plan (Worcester, MA) 87.2%
Blue Care Network (Saginaw) 86.3%

Prenatal Care in First Trimester
(% women who visited provider)
National HMO Average: 83.8%
American HMO (Matteson, IL) 100%
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MA (Boston) 99.0%
Central Minnesota Group Health (Waite Park, MN) 98.7%
Paramount Health Care (Maumee, OH) 98.5%
Harvard Pilgrim (Boston) 98.1%
UHC Ohio HMO (Columbus, OH) 97.1%
UHC Ohio POS (Columbus, OH) 97.1%
Fallon Community Health Plan (Worcester, MA) 97.0%
Health Alliance Medical Plan (Urbana, IL) 97%
HMO Maine (South Portland, ME) 97%

Breast Cancer Screening
(% women 50-69 who had a mammogram in the reporting year)
National HMO Average: 71.8%
American HMO (Matteson, IL) 100%
NorthMed (Traverse City, MI) 88.9%
Blue Care Network, Mid MI (Lansing, MI) 88.6%
Welborn Health Plan (Evansville, IN) 87.2%
Central Minnesota Group Health (Waite Park, MN) 86.6%
Finger Lakes POS (Rochester, NY) 86.4%
Fallon Community Health Plan (Worcester, MA) 85.6%
HMO Choice (South Portland, ME) 85.4%
Premier Blue (Topeka, KN) 85.0%
Healthsource MA (Worcester) 84.7%