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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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Na·tion·al Com·mit·tee for Qual·i·ty As·su·rance

(NCQA) (nash'ŏ-năl kŏ-mit'ē kwahl'i-tē ă-shŭr'ăns)
A U.S. national independent nonprofit organization that accredits managed care plans and measures their quality of care.
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