Thursday, October 16, 2008

Best Health Plans

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Northern California (Marin/Sonoma PHP)

Medicaid | HMO | www.kp.org

   
States: California
Rank: -
Score: No score—insufficient data
NCQA Accredited: No

How This Plan Performed (methodology)

Consumer assessmentI

Getting care I
Getting care needed NR
Getting care needed 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 plan services I
High rating of plan services NR

Prevention I

Children and adolescents I
Well-child visits (birth to 15 months) NR
Well-child visits (3-6 years old) NR
Access for children (7-11 years old) NR
Adolescent well-care visits NR
Immunizing children and adolescents I
All immunizations at age 2 NR
All immunizations at age 13 NR
Women's reproductive health I
Timeliness of prenatal checkups NR
Postpartum care NR
Cancer screening I
Breast cancer screening NR
Cervical cancer screening NR
Other preventive services
Chlamydia screening (16-25 years old) 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 I
Retinal eye exams NR
Glucose testing NR
Glucose control NR
LDL cholesterol screening NR
LDL cholesterol control NR
Monitoring kidney disease NR
Heart disease I
Controlling high blood pressure NR
Advising smokers to quit NR
Discussing stop-smoking strategies NR
Discussing stop-smoking medications NR
Other treatment measures
Monitoring of key long-term medications NR
Appropriate antibiotic use, children with URI
5
Appropriate testing and care, children with pharyngitis
5
Appropriate antibiotic use, adults with acute bronchitis NR

I = Insufficient Data; NA = Not applicable; NR = Not reported

Note: Apparent ties are due to rounding. Accreditation status is as of July 31, 2007.

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