National Committee for Quality Assurance
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
in the United States designed to improve health care quality. It was established in 1990 with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
. NCQA manages voluntary accreditation programs for individual physicians, health plans, and medical groups. Health plans seek accreditation measure performance through the administration and submission of the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
in the United States designed to improve health care quality. It was established in 1990 with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the United States' largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care; it is based in Princeton, New Jersey. The foundation's mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans...
. NCQA manages voluntary accreditation programs for individual physicians, health plans, and medical groups. Health plans seek accreditation measure performance through the administration and submission of the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey.