The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Has Integrated Accreditation

question 74

Multiple Choice

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has integrated accreditation with Health Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures into a program called Accreditation '99. One statement that can correctly be made about these accreditation standards is that

• A) Health plans are required by law to report HEDIS results to NCQA
• B) HEDIS restricts its reporting criteria to a narrow group of quantitative performance measures, while NCQA includes a broad range of qualitative performance measures
• C) Private employer groups purchasing health care coverage increasingly require both NCQA accreditation and HEDIS reporting
• D) HEDIS includes measures of a health plan's effectiveness of care rather than its cost of care

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