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Data License

NCQA offers physician quality data to organizations seeking to integrate validated quality ratings into their own information tools. NCQA recognizes physicians and practices who provide high quality care through its various recognition programs, including:

Diabetes Physician Recognition Program, developed jointly by NCQA and the American Diabetes Association (ADA)
Heart/Stroke Recognition Program, developed jointly by NCQA and the American Heart/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA)
Physician Practice Connections
Physician Practice Connections: Patient-Centered Medical Home
Back Pain Recognition Program

The Physician Recognition Data License features identifying information for physicians and practices recognized by NCQA in data feeds updated each month. These data feeds feature:

Physician and practice identification information delivered through monthly updated data feeds
Individual recognition status based on successful completion of diabetes, heart/stroke, practice connections, or back pain programs
Validated data on evidence-based standards of care that can easily map to your own directories
A geographically diverse set of recognized physicians
Physician practices of varying types and sizes

In addition, logos and descriptive information for each program are available for licensees to include in print or online provider directories.

To request information about licensing this dataset, please contact InformationProducts@ncqa.org.

Physician recognition status easily identified by program seal.