Using evidence- and consensus-based guidelines for care, UnitedHealth Premium puts quality and cost efficiency information about physicians in your hands to help you make informed health care decisions. Physicians are evaluated against national standards that are developed by specialty physicians, scientific advisory boards and medical societies.
Physicians who meet quality and cost efficiency standards receive two stars, and physicians who meet quality standards receive one star. All you have to do is look for the stars to find a physician who’s right for you.
Quality and Cost Efficiency
A physician has met guidelines for quality of care and for the cost-efficient use of resources in delivering health care.
Quality of Care
A physician has met quality of care guidelines by following national evidence-based medical standards and practices.
Designated physicians:
- Have lower surgery repeat rates
- Follow evidence-based guidelines for care
- Are more likely to be aware of the latest research and clinical trials
- Allergy
- Cardiology (noninterventional)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Electrophysiology
- Endocrinology
- Family Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- OB/GYN
- Oncology*
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pediatrics
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Spine Surgery
- Sports Medicine
- Total Joint Replacement
