Rating HMOs

California's nine largest health maintenance organizations are generally performing well on national standards for medical care but still are falling short of exceptional service, according to a state rating report released Thursday. Harrison Sheppard in the Daily News.

Not a single HMO received the highest rating in the annual report by the state's Office of the Patient Advocate, which reviewed everything from percentage of patients screened for various types of cancer to patient follow-up care.

While no HMO received an "excellent" rating, Woodland Hills-based HealthNet and Kaiser Permanente's Northern California and Southern California regions received "good" ratings.