Media Release

For: Immediate Release
Date: June 2, 2005
Contact: Bruce Cryan (401) 222-5123

RI Health Department Releases Medicare & Medicaid Health Plans’ Performance Data

Today, the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) released the “RI Medicare & Medicaid Factbook – 2003” , presenting 36 separate statistics covering nine areas of performance for the state’s five largest Medicare and Medicaid Health Plans.

The Factbook examines areas ranging from finances, utilization and access, to clinical, satisfaction and utilization review. When available, national benchmarks are provided for comparisons; and most measures include 3 years of trend data.

This, and other Office of Performance Measurement publications on hospitals and nursing homes are available on HEALTH’s website.