California Health Care Quality Report Cards 2016-2017: HMO Rankings For Evidence-Based Behavioral Health Treatment

In October 2016, the California Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA) released this document which is a section of a larger health care "report card" that ranks 10 large California health maintenance organizations (HMOs), five large preferred provider organizations (PPOs), and 205 physician medical groups on the quality of care. The report cards are based on national health care quality measures. The behavioral health rankings are based on six measures for ensuring timely behavioral health treatments with proven effectiveness. The rankings were presented in a four-star format, with one star indicating poor performance, and four stars indicating excellence . . .