California Office of the Patient Advocate

Medical Group Report Card ratings for Commercial HMO Plan Members 2019-20 Edition

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Quality health care is getting the right care at the right time.

Review the star ratings in the columns below. More stars are better. Both quality and cost of care are important to consider when choosing a medical group. Cost information will be available with the Spring release of the report card.

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The Report Card also provides other helpful information on each medical group. Click on each medical group name to find all of its star ratings, consumer assistance number, service area, website and more.

		QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE The California Office of the Patient Advocate compared medical group performance results in 2018 to a set of national standards for quality of care to make sure that medical groups offer quality preventive care and treatment services to members. More stars are better. Patient Experience is a separate rating. Ratings for Patient Experience are in the column to the right, Patients Rate Overall Experience		PATIENTS RATE OVERALL EXPERIENCE The California Office of the Patient Advocate compared how medical group patients rated their experience with their medical group during 2018. More stars are better.		TOTAL COST OF CARE The California Office of the Patient Advocate compared the average amount of money that health plans and patients pay for all of the care a patient receives each month during 2018. Groups with lower costs receive a higher star rating. More stars are better. The dollar ranges below include the average amount paid by health plans for things like check-ups and tests, plus the average amount paid by patients for things like co-pays and monthly insurance premiums.
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TOTAL COST OF CARE

Higher cost care does not necessarily mean higher quality care

Medical groups may actually help to keep costs lower by providing better care.

A medical group may have lower costs because it:

Control costs associated with rent, staff salaries, equipment or the cost of other providers outside of the medical group.
Provides only tests or treatments that patients need.
Prevents medical errors-such as giving the wrong diagnosis or the wrong medicine-when providing care to patients, which have to be corrected with additional resources.
Follows up with patients and/or their caregivers after a hospital stay, helping to prevent unwanted return visits to the hospital.

Factors like higher rent and staff salaries, serving higher risk or sicker patients, serving more people without insurance, providing medical education, or providing other services that help the community may drive up costs.

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Medical Group Report Card ratings for Commercial HMO Plan Members 2019-20 Edition

Humboldt

Quality health care is getting the right care at the right time.

QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE

PATIENTS RATE OVERALL EXPERIENCE

TOTAL COST OF CARE

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