NCQA

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Since its founding in 1990, NCQA has been a central figure in driving improvement throughout the health care system, helping to elevate the issue of health care quality to the top of the national agenda.

Wed, 08/01/2012 - 13:31
Case Management Accreditation Raises Bar in Care Coordination Three early adopters are first to seek NCQA accreditation
Wed, 08/01/2012 - 13:31
(NCQA: Washington, D.C.) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has released its new Case Management (CM) Accreditation program for organizations managing care for patients with complex health care and social needs. Already, three…
NCQA Accreditation Gets Green Light for Exchanges NCQA now an accrediting entity for agencies participating in health insurance exchanges
Mon, 07/30/2012 - 13:58
(NCQA: Washington, D.C.) -- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recognized the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as an accrediting entity for qualified health plan issuers participating in health insurance exchanges. NCQA…
Product News: NCQA Releases Quality Compass 2010: Commercial Health care data to power change
Fri, 08/13/2010 - 08:32
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently released Quality Compass 2010: Commercial, the nation’s leading database of comparable information on clinical performance and patient experience for 404 commercial…
NCQA Honors Health Quality Leaders in Its 20th Anniversary Event The honorable Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, was keynote speaker at the awards dinner.
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 14:02
(NCQA: Washington) -- Karen Davis, president of The Commonwealth Fund; Vermont Gov. James H. Douglas; international patient safety leader, Dr. Peter Pronovost; Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell; and three Louisiana organizations that improved…
Promoting Quality Improvement Through Health Information Technology Publication highlights successful efforts to achieve quality improvement through effective HIT implementation.
Tue, 01/05/2010 - 12:31
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), in collaboration with Pfizer, the world’s largest biopharmaceutical company, has released a new publication providing practical examples of how health information technology…
America’s Best Health Insurance Plans More than 600 health plans ranked by quality of care, service
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 13:21
(NCQA: Washington) -- U.S. News Media Group and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) have released the fifth-annual edition of “America’s Best Health Insurance Plans” on USNews.com. Published at the start of open-enrollment season,…
Product News: Latest Edition of Health Plan Comparison Database Quality Compass includes new measures on COPD management and health plan costs.
Wed, 08/05/2009 - 13:54
(NCQA: Washington, DC) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has released its latest edition of Quality Compass, one of the nation's leading databases of comparable information on clinical performance and patient experience for 415…
Purchasers, Consumers Can Compare Health Plans' Resource Use Reporting on relative resource use for diabetes and asthma allows plan comparison using standardized, risk-adjusted data.
Mon, 07/06/2009 - 13:13
(NCQA: Washington) -- Beginning in 2010, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) will publicly report on health plans' resource use for patients with diabetes and asthma. The reporting of these two relative resource use (RRU) measures…
NCQA Certifies Eight Software Vendors
Mon, 03/17/2008 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently announced the certification of eight leading software vendors for their Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)-related software. Such software collects…