HEDIS® Reports Beacon’s Health Plan Partners’ 7 and 30 Day Medicaid Follow-Up Rates Lead the Nation

Woburn, MA: Building on a long history of exceptional performance in working with publicly funded populations, Beacon Health Strategies (BHS), a leading URAC and NCQA accredited managed behavioral health organization, has exceeded the 90th percentile on behalf of two of it’s health plan partners as reported by Quality Compass 2007®. Quality Compass® is NCQA’s comprehensive national database of health plans’ HEDIS results and contains plan-specific, comparative and descriptive information on the performance of hundreds of managed care organizations.

Beacon’s 30 Day performance on behalf of Neighborhood Health Plan and Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island exceeds the 90th percentile as reported in Quality Compass® 2007 by 12.18 and 7.88 percentage points, respectively.

“We are extremely pleased with our results on behalf of our clients and the members we serve,” said Elizabeth Pattullo, Beacon’s founder and Chief Executive Officer. Pattullo went on to say, “It is through the close partnerships we have built with our clients that we are able to achieve such tremendous performance.”

Beacon’s 7 Day HEDIS results are also helping to set the bar by which Medicaid plans are being measured. Both NHP and Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island reported 7 day Ambulatory Follow-up rates that exceeded the HEDIS® 90th percentile.

About Beacon Health Strategies: Founded in 1996, Beacon Health Strategies is a leader in behavioral health care management with an unequaled reputation for customizing solutions to meet customers’ unique needs in the most cost-effective manner. Beacon's expertise and ability to execute innovative service delivery systems in complex environments differentiate Beacon from other managed behavioral health organizations. Beacon is a privately held founder led company.

HEDIS® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance The source for data contained in this publication is Quality Compass® 2007 and is used with the permission of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Any analysis, interpretation, or conclusion based on these data is solely that of the authors, and NCQA specifically disclaims responsibility for any such analysis, interpretation, or conclusion. Quality Compass is a registered trademark of NCQA.