October 16, 2024
San Francisco, CA – qrcAnalytics, a healthcare analytics company for value-based care is pleased to announce it has met the requirements specified by the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for Align Measure and Performance (AMP) and Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) certifications for Measurement Year (MY) 2024.
For the seventh consecutive year, the NCQA organization has certified the algorithms contained in the qrcAnalytics software platform that calculate all AMP quality metrics for both Provider Organizations (PO) and Managed Care Organizations (MCO). qrcAnalytics has also been certified for the NCQA HEDIS and Allowable Adjustment Measures for MY 2024. qrcAnalytics is committed to supporting accurate quality measures.
The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) AMP program is used extensively and successfully in California and is the first program in the nation to focus on quality measures. It is the largest value-based performance improvement program in the United States. According to the IHA website “AMP uses a common stakeholder-approved measure set and methodology to create clear performance benchmarks designed to reward high-performing providers.”
California healthcare organizations participating in the IHA program are required to utilize an NCQA certified platform to report results. Since MY 2021, all health plans and provider organizations either transitioned to an NCQA-certified vendor or contract directly with NCQA for certification of their software via the automated source code review (ASCR) process.
The NCQA HEDIS® Health Plan Measures certifies health information technology (HIT) vendors for all certifiable measures reported to NCQA. Any entities that do not submit measures to NCQA but use HEDIS® measures in a commercial product or service must be certified on all measures used.
Successfully completing the rigorous annual certification process instills trust in the qrcAnalytics quality measures since NCQA has verified quality measures are calculated correctly and accurately.
qrcAnalytics is one of 12 HIT vendors to achieve both the NCQA AMP Measures and NCQA HEDIS® Health Plan Measures and Allowable Adjustment Measures certification for MY 2024.
Gene Rondenet, Founder, CEO and CTO of qrcAnalytics, together with his development team, have created an industry leading analytics software platform, the qrcEngine™, that helps healthcare organizations to manage quality of care, healthcare risk and cost, all aligned with the rules imposed by IHA and the certification requirements of the NCQA. Mr. Rondenet stated, “We have created a solution that provides our clients with immediate real-time access to meaningful and actionable information from large volumes of data, thereby allowing our client organizations to not only report their scores in the required manner but to provide pathways to improving the quality of care to patients, to be fairly and appropriately compensated for all their delivered services and to manage healthcare risk in a value-based environment.” The qrcAnalytics platform provides the foundation for an environment of continuous improvement.
About NCQA
NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality. NCQA Accredits and certifies a wide range of healthcare organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness DATA and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in healthcare. NCQA’s website (ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers, and others to make informed healthcare decisions.
HEDIS® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
About qrcAnalytics®
qrcAnalytics is an analytics company reshaping the way quality, risk and costs are managed in healthcare. qrcAnalytics has provided the foundation for many healthcare organizations to improve performance and to achieve the Triple Aim, improving patient care, managing clinical risk, while reducing the cost of care. qrcAnalytics assists with validating reimbursements, supports implementing quality measures, assures HCC accuracy, and improves overall performance. Our solutions are powered by the qrcEngine®, a proprietary platform used to analyze data for millions of lives.