The youngest ones bring home a report card. The oldest ones don't. Health plan report cards are a lot like that. But be patient, they are coming.
Report cards are in their infancy, experts say.
What we have will get much better soon, predict experts like Gail Warden, chief executive officer of the Henry Ford Health System. Since 1990, the committee has published a report that measures managed care companies. It looks at 60 measures to distinguish the best plans. If you are looking to find out something else, such as which plan does the best to ensure survival after a cancer diagnosis or a heart attack, you'll have to wait. There is no agreement yet on how to measure and track patient outcomes and survival after surgery or cancer treatment, for example.