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NCQA/HEDIS Measures of Comprehensive Care for
High Blood Pressure, Colorectal Cancer Screening
and Diabetes

Controlling High Blood Pressure, Comparing Better Health (2018) to National Averages (2017)

Measure

Group

Medicare

Commercial

Medicaid

Uninsured

Overall

Blood Pressure Control

(BP < 140/90
for most adults,
BP < 150/90 for those over 60 without diabetes)

Better Health	77.1	72.6	71.3	66.3	74.8
National Average	72.0	62.2	56.9

Regional High Blood
Pressure Patients, #
(% of Regional Total)

74,486
(57.5%)

37,180
(28.7%)

14,482
(11.2%)

3,415
(2.6%)

129,563
(100%)

Better Health practices
BETTER THAN
the national average

Better Health practices
WORSE THAN
the national average

The care and outcomes of Better Health's uninsured patients are compared here to Medicaid HMO patients nationwide.

Colorectal Cancer Screening, Comparing Better Health (2018) to National Averages (2017)

Measure

Group

Medicare

Commercial

Medicaid

Uninsured

Overall

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Better Health	78.6	66.3	63.3	64.3	71.8
National Average	69.6	63.0

Regional Colorectal Cancer Screening, Patients, #
(% of Regional Total)

62,701
(48.4%)

48,250
(37.3%)

14,972
(11.6%)

3,250
(2.7%)

129,443
(100%)

Better Health practices
BETTER THAN
the national average

Better Health practices
WORSE THAN
the national average

HEDIS only reports colorectal cancer screening for Medicare & Commercial patients.

Comprehensive Diabetes Care, Comparing Better Health (2018) to National Averages (2017)

Better Health practices
ABOVE
the national average

Better Health practices
BELOW
the national average

Measure

Group

Medicare

Commercial

Medicaid

Uninsured

Overall

Blood Pressure
Control

(BP < 140/90)

Better Health	78.7	78.3	78.1	77.5	78.4
National Average	67.4	62.2	62.7

Eye Examination

Better Health	76.7	69.1	56.9	53.4	70.9
National Average	71.9	55.0	57.2

Hemoglobin A1c
testing performed

Better Health	94.1	90.5	94.3	97.3	93.1
National Average	93.7	91.2	87.6

Hemoglobin
A1c Control

(A1c < 7%)

Better Health	44.7	39.8	41.9	39.5	42.7
National Average	N/A	38.9	34.5

Hemoglobin
A1c Control

(A1c < 8%)

Better Health	70.2	60.6	59.3	57.3	65.4
National Average	64.4	57.6	49.4

Poor A1c Control

(A1c > 9%)
[lower values are better]

Better Health	16.0	26.5	28.7	29.0	21.4
National Average	22.3	31.7	40.5

Monitoring
Nephropathy

Better Health	89.4	86.8	88.8	90.3	88.6
National Average	95.7	90.4	90.1

Regional Diabetes
Patients, #
(% of Regional Total)

27,421
(47.6%)

19,094
(37.2%)

6,493
(12.7%)

1,297
(2.5%)

51,305
(100%)

Source for National Averages: HEDIS Measures and Technical Resources
https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/measures/

The care and outcomes of Better Health's uninsured patients are compared here to Medicaid HMO patients nationwide. When both HMO and PPO national averages are available, we show the better performance of the two. Better Health's VA patients under the age of 65 are placed in the Commercial category, 65 and over in the Medicare category. For each A1c measure, the Better Health denominator includes patients with no recorded Hemoglobin A1c in period. For colorectal cancer screening, we compare Better Health's Medicaid & Uninsured results to the national Commercial mean.