Download or read book 2011 New York State Managed Care Plan Performance Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the highlights in this report indicate that more New Yorkers are being assessed for weight issues, an important first step in addressing the obesity epidemic. For children, the BMI percentile is used to identify overweight children and children at-risk for overweight. In older teens and adults, the BMI itself is used to determine individuals who are overweight or obese. Measures evaluating the rate at which children and adults have their weight assessed using a BMI were introduced three years ago. Since 2008, the rate of children in Medicaid with a weight assessment increased from 43 percent to 65 percent in 2010, which means that more than 50,000 additional kids had their weight evaluated in 2010. There have been similar improvements for BMI assessment for adults. The Medicaid rate for adults having BMI assessment has increased from 45 percent in 2008 to 70 percent in 2010. The rate for commercial plans also increased from 40 percent to 56 percent in the same time period.