Report cards will be important resources for health care consumers. They will allow a prospective member to compare the quality of care and other descriptive information about the plan. It is up to consumers to make their choices based on what is most important to them. Quality of care. In general, the preventive care provided by managed care plans can be judged by the quality of their programs.
Prevention takes many forms depending on the age and gender of the plan member.
The percentage of plan members who receive preventative treatments will give report card readers an indication of how seriously plans take their commitment to health maintenance and how likely they are to make preventive measures, such as those listed below, a part of the routine care they provide. Pediatric and adolescent immunizations. These immunizations are good indicators of medical management and plan performance. Health plans should ensure that children and adolescents are vaccinated at appropriate times because immunizations have clear, positive outcomes, such as preventing polio and rubella. Health plans that provide timely, thorough and effective prenatal care can help lower the incidence of low birthweight infants and can detect maternal health problems early in the pregnancy.