National Committee for Quality Assurance

NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations and manages the evolution of HEDIS®, the performance measurement tool used by more than 90 percent of the nation’s health plans. NCQA is committed to providing health care quality information through the Web and the media in order to help consumers, employers and others make more informed health care choices.

Sat, 07/12/2008 - 06:31
Quality of U.S. Health Care Stuck in Neutral Analysis shows spending unrelated to quality improvement.
Mon, 10/26/2009 - 15:53
(NCQA: Washington) -- “The State of Health Care Quality 2009,” an annual report, now in its 13th year, provided by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), finds that the quality of U.S. health care was virtually stagnant in 2008, a…
New Disease Management Quality Measures Released for Public Comment
Tue, 08/26/2008 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance has unveiled for public comment the first set of quality measures to assess disease management clinical outcomes. When finalized, the 12 measures, covering five chronic disease areas…
Coalition Endorses NCQA Program
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Physician and Hospital Quality (PHQ) program recently earned an important endorsement from a respected coalition of employer, consumer, and labor organizations. The Consumer-…
Quality Compass Details Health Plans' Performance
Mon, 08/11/2008 - 22:00
(NCQA: Washington) -- Data on clinical performance and patient experience for more than 85 million Americans enrolled in more than 400 commercial health plans are now available from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. NCQA’s Quality…
NCQA Annual Report Highlights Medical Home Model Focus on value reflects growing interest among employers and consumers
Sat, 07/12/2008 - 06:31
(NCQA: Washington, D.C.) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently released its 2007 annual report, “Coming Home to Better Care.”  The report looks at the promise of the patient-centered medical home, a promising approach that seeks…