2009 Performance Measure Data Submitted July 1, 2010 for Medicaid Reform
Ratings
Methods and Data Sources
How the Ratings are Calculated
Health plan ratings, shown as checkmarks (
), are assigned to each health plan for each indicator based on the plan's score for the indicator. Scores are typically the percentage of members that received a service. The following method was used to calculate the plan's rating.
First, all scores for a specific indicator are grouped for Medicaid Reform by contract. Then, the average (mean) score for the group is calculated. Plans that score at or near the group average are given two checkmarks. A plan may score above (better) the average or below (worse) the average. A measure of how different a score is from the average is called the standard deviation.
For each indicator, plans are assigned a rating as follows:
| 1 or more standard deviations above the average score (Highest rank) | ||
| The average score | ||
| 1 or more standard deviations below the average score (Lowest rank) |
If a health plan has a score that is equal to a standard deviation benchmark, the health plan is assigned the higher ranking. For all indicators, three checkmarks represent the highest rank and one checkmark represents the lowest rank.
| Plan Name | Comprehensive Diabetes - LDL Screening | Comprehensive Diabetes - LDL-C Control | Comprehensive Diabetes - Nephropathy | Controlling Blood Pressure - Total |
| Plan Name | Frequency of HIV Disease Monitoring Lab Tests - VL | Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment | Immunization for Adolescents - Combination 1 | Lead Screening in Children | Lipid Profile Annually |
| Display of data: | Scores |
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