NCQA
NCQA
NCQA (pronunciation: en-see-kew-ay) is an acronym for the National Committee for Quality Assurance. It is a private, non-profit organization that works to improve health care quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and accreditation.
Etymology
The term NCQA is an acronym derived from the name of the organization, the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The organization was established in 1990.
Related Terms
- Healthcare Quality: The degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge.
- Accreditation: A process by which an authoritative body gives a formal recognition that a body or person is competent to carry out specific tasks.
- Health Plan: A plan for the provision of health services to a population, usually prepaid, including a description of the covered services, the providers who will deliver them, and the location where they will be received.
- Performance Measurement: The process of collecting, analyzing and/or reporting information regarding the performance of an individual, group, organization, system or component.
- Quality Improvement: A systematic, formal approach to the analysis of practice performance and efforts to improve performance.
See Also
- Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
- Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
- Utilization Management
References
- National Committee for Quality Assurance. (n.d.). About NCQA. Retrieved from https://www.ncqa.org/about-ncqa/
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on NCQA
- Wikipedia's article - NCQA
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