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National Committee for Quality Assurance

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National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA),
a U.S. independent nonprofit accrediting body for managed health care organizations. Its focus is on improving quality of care in the managed care industry by assessing compliance of health plans to NCQA-developed standards for quality improvement, utilization management, credentialing processes, member rights and responsibilities, preventive services, and record management.
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Medical practice A private, not-for-profit organization which has become the leading accreditor of managed care plans; in site visits, NCQA reviewers evaluate a managed care plan in terms of quality management, physicians' credentials, members' rights and responsibilities, preventive health services, utilization management, medical records. See HEDIS, Managed care. Cf JCAHO.


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