title: Blue skies or black eyes? HEDIS puts not-for-profit plans on top.
abstract: For the first time, the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set, better known as HEDIS 3.0, takes the lid off managed care quality and patient satisfaction on a national scale. Not-for-profit plans, our analysis shows, have the edge on both counts. They also lose the most money.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D005376:Financial Management; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000592:standards; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006269:Health Facilities, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States