Monday, November 9, 2009

Best Health Plans

Group Health Cooperative

Medicaid | HMO | www.ghc.org

   
States: Washington
Rank: -
Score: No score—insufficient data
NCQA accreditation: No

How This Plan Performed (methodology)

Consumer assessment
I
Getting care I
Getting needed care NR
Getting needed care quickly NR
Satisfaction with physicians I
How well doctors communicate NR
High rating of personal doctor NR
High rating of specialists NR
High rating of care received NR
Satisfaction with health plan services I
High rating of health plan NR
Customer service NR
Prevention
2
Children and adolescents
2
Well-child visits (birth to 15 months)
3
Well-child visits (3-6 years old)
1
Access for children (7-11 years old) NR
Adolescent well-care visits
2
Immunizations
3
All immunizations at age 2
3
Women's reproductive health
4
Timeliness of prenatal checkups
4
Postpartum care
3
Cancer screening I
Breast cancer screening NR
Cervical cancer screening NR
Other preventive services
Chlamydia screening NR
Treatment
I
Asthma I
Medicate appropriately (5-9 years old) NR
Medicate appropriately (10-17 years old) NR
Medicate appropriately (18-56 years old) NR
Diabetes
4
Blood pressure control (130/80)
3
Blood pressure control (140/90)
5
Retinal eye exams
4
Glucose testing
5
Glucose control
3
LDL cholesterol screening
3
LDL cholesterol control
3
Monitoring kidney disease
5
Heart disease I
Controlling high blood pressure NR
Advising smokers to quit NR
Discussing stop-smoking strategies NR
Discussing stop-smoking medications NR
LDL cholesterol screening NR
LDL cholesterol control NR
Other treatment measures
Appropriate antibiotic use, adults with acute bronchitis NR
Appropriate testing and care, children with pharyngitis NR
Monitoring key long-term medications NR
Appropriate antibiotic use, children with URI NR

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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