Monday, November 9, 2009

Best Health Plans

Total Health Care

Commercial | HMO | www.totalhealthcareonline.com

   
States: Michigan
Rank: 193
Score: 79.2
NCQA accreditation: Yes

Score reflects results of consumer surveys and success in preventing and treating illness compared with average plan. Here's how this plan was viewed by members and how it performed in prevention and treatment, broken down into 50 individual measures.

How This Plan Performed (methodology)

Consumer assessment
1
Getting care
1
Getting needed care
3
Getting needed care quickly
1
Satisfaction with physicians
1
How well doctors communicate
1
High rating of personal doctor
3
High rating of specialists NA
High rating of care received
3
Satisfaction with health plan services I
Claims processing NA
High rating of health plan
3
Customer service NA
Prevention
3
Children and adolescents
3
Well-child visits (birth to 15 months)
3
Well-child visits (3-6 years old)
3
Access for children (7-11 years old)
1
Adolescent well-care visits
4
Immunizations
5
All immunizations at age 2
5
Women's reproductive health
3
Timeliness of prenatal checkups
3
Postpartum care
3
Cancer screening
1
Breast cancer screening
2
Cervical cancer screening
3
Colorectal cancer screening
1
Other preventive services
Chlamydia screening
5
Treatment
2
Asthma I
Medicate appropriately (5-9 years old) NA
Medicate appropriately (10-17 years old) NA
Medicate appropriately (18-56 years old)
3
Diabetes
1
Blood pressure control (130/80)
1
Blood pressure control (140/90)
2
Retinal eye exams
2
Glucose testing
2
Glucose control
2
LDL cholesterol screening
1
LDL cholesterol control
1
Monitoring kidney disease
2
Heart disease
3
Staying on beta blocker after heart attack NA
Controlling high blood pressure
3
LDL cholesterol screening
3
LDL cholesterol control
1
Mental and behavioral health I
Depression--appropriate follow-up after diagnosis NA
Depresssion--adhering to medication for 12 weeks NA
Depression--adhering to medication for 6 months NA
Follow-up after hospitalization for mental illness NA
Alcohol or drug dependence treatment initiated
3
Alcohol or drug dependence treated for 30 days
1
Follow-up after ADHD diagnosis NA
Continued follow-up after ADHD diagnosis NA
Other treatment measures
Appropriate antibiotic use, adults with acute bronchitis
3
Appropriate testing and care, children with pharyngitis
1
Medication for rheumatoid arthritis NA
Monitoring key long-term medications
2
Spirometry testing for COPD
3
Appropriate antibiotic use, children with URI NA

I = Insufficient Data.
NA = Not applicable: Benefit is not offered, few members are affected, or the plan was not required to submit the data (Medicare only).
NR = Not reported: Plan did not calculate the measure or calculated it but did not report it.


Note: Apparent ties are due to rounding. Accreditation status is as of July 31, 2008.

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