Table 1.

Mean and Median Rating for Cardiologists.^a

		Large Metropolitan					Metropolitan					Micropolitan and Rural
	Miles	15	30	60	120	240	15	30	60	120	240	15	30	60	120	240
HMO
Star rating
MA	Mean ACE score	2.75	2.74	2.74	2.72	2.69	2.57	2.57	2.58	2.64	2.63	2.79	1.55	2.12	2.23	2.37
TM		2.85	2.85	2.82	2.77	2.71	2.63	2.64	2.69	2.75	2.71	2.79	2.09	2.57	2.45	2.53
MA	Mean DIU score	2.72	2.67	2.63	2.62	2.59	2.56	2.61	2.62	2.57	2.55	3.68	2.25	2.19	2.31	2.38
TM		2.83	2.82	2.78	2.75	2.67	2.62	2.63	2.69	2.73	2.67	3.57	2.36	2.51	2.40	2.47
MA	Median ACE score	2.90	2.89	2.88	2.86	2.86	2.60	2.61	2.64	2.73	2.73	2.79	1.10	1.98	2.14	2.25
TM		2.95	2.96	2.92	2.90	2.90	2.84	2.91	2.88	2.83	2.87	2.82	1.73	2.69	2.01	2.43
MA	Median DIU score	2.75	2.80	2.83	2.87	2.83	2.50	2.54	2.70	2.75	2.73	3.68	2.03	2.00	2.14	2.25
TM		2.90	2.94	2.92	2.90	2.90	2.53	2.68	2.89	2.83	2.87	3.57	2.07	2.40	2.03	2.43
Percentile
MA	Mean ACE score	56.35	55.92	55.76	55.23	54.65	52.21	52.29	52.23	53.40	53.18	58.58	25.95	43.72	45.05	48.32
TM		58.55	58.50	57.53	56.49	54.97	53.50	53.58	54.63	56.01	55.07	57.48	35.03	50.40	47.99	50.16
MA	Mean DIU score	55.59	54.24	53.38	53.07	52.33	51.53	52.64	52.73	51.57	51.16	80.63	39.85	39.78	41.88	44.87
TM		58.53	58.32	57.41	56.40	54.38	53.31	53.49	54.93	55.95	54.56	77.20	43.91	49.90	47.42	49.11
MA	Median ACE score	57.77	57.29	56.44	55.43	54.83	52.12	51.83	52.11	53.52	53.24	58.58	16.73	42.73	45.58	49.30
TM		60.73	60.35	58.79	58.58	56.21	53.80	53.58	55.15	57.67	56.64	58.62	27.73	50.70	46.68	50.11
MA	Median DIU score	54.92	53.73	52.93	52.66	51.92	50.62	51.09	51.72	50.96	50.46	80.63	34.67	41.93	43.32	45.16
TM		59.93	59.95	58.43	57.53	54.56	52.03	51.52	54.48	56.73	54.88	77.58	43.17	50.46	46.27	48.01
PPO
Star rating
MA	Mean ACE score	2.98	2.98	2.96	2.89	2.84	2.59	2.57	2.65	2.82	2.87
TM		2.90	2.89	2.86	2.81	2.74	2.63	2.65	2.70	2.81	2.77
MA	Mean DIU score	2.93	2.90	2.85	2.87	2.80	2.51	2.69	2.85	2.83	2.85
TM		2.87	2.87	2.83	2.78	2.70	2.65	2.69	2.75	2.80	2.74
MA	Median ACE score	3.05	2.99	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.57	2.61	2.78	2.99	3.00
TM		3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.89	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
MA	Median DIU score	2.99	2.97	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.57	2.67	2.96	2.99	3.00
TM		2.97	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.57	2.79	2.99	3.00	3.00
Percentile
MA	Mean ACE score	61.34	61.32	60.94	59.55	58.62	51.78	52.32	53.62	57.54	59.13
TM		59.66	59.51	58.57	57.36	55.76	53.65	54.02	55.29	57.59	56.57
MA	Mean DIU score	61.11	60.45	59.12	59.03	57.54	48.44	53.01	57.88	58.08	58.44
TM		59.60	59.39	58.46	57.31	55.22	54.14	54.94	56.55	57.70	56.23
MA	Median ACE score	62.10	67.26	66.37	64.72	62.57	51.96	54.72	57.58	61.94	63.74
TM		62.04	61.56	60.10	59.76	57.26	54.08	54.13	55.84	59.82	58.74
MA	Median DIU score	60.46	58.58	57.75	57.97	57.06	47.92	48.90	56.41	57.14	57.65
TM		61.17	61.21	59.68	58.56	55.66	52.30	52.51	55.52	58.70	57.08

Abbreviations: ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; DIU, diuretics; MA, Medicare Advantage; TM, traditional Medicare.

^aAll differences between TM and MA are significant at P ≤ .001.