The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) wants your take on our proposed health equity strategy.

NCQA also seeks comments on proposed updates to Health Plan Accreditation 2022. Updates focus on incorporating health equity considerations into the Population Health Management and Quality Improvement and Management standard categories.

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Proposed Updates for HPA 2022:

Add new factors to strengthen organizations commitment to health equity and discovery of disparities within their populations:

QI 1, Element A: QI Program Structure
PHM 1, Element A: Strategy Description
PHM 2, Element B: Population Assessment
PHM 2, Element C: Activities and Resources
PHM 2, Element D: Segmentation
PHM 3, Element A: Practitioner or Provider Support

Add one new element to promote diversity, equity and inclusion within the organization:

QI X, Element X: Organizational Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

How to Comment

NCQA reviews all feedback submitted during the public comment period.

Go to My NCQA and enter your email address and password.
Once logged in, scroll down and click Public Comments.
Click Add Comment to open the comment box.
Click to select one or more of the following from the drop-down box:
- NCQA’s Health Equity Strategy: General Questions.
- Updates to HPA 2022: QI 1: Program Structure and Operations.
- Updates to HPA 2022: PHM 1: PHM Strategy.
- Updates to HPA 2022: PHM 2: Population Identification.
- Updates to HPA 2022: PHM 3: Delivery System Support.
Click to select the Topic and Element (question) on which you would like to comment.
Click to select your support option (Support, Do not support, Support with modifications).
- If you choose Do not support, include your rationale in the text box.
- If you choose Support with modifications, enter the suggested modification in the text box.
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Matt Brock

Matt Brock is the Director of Communications at NCQA. After more than two decades working in broadcast journalism, Matt now leads NCQA’s efforts to develop unique content that engages and informs consumers as well as providers, plans and policymakers via this blog, our website, NCQA.org and numerous social media platforms. Matt’s goal is to educate consumers and to direct them to the best resources when considering quality in their health care decisions.