PHQ Certification Survey Types

For the four certification options, NCQA offers six types of surveys to organizations seeking certification.

• Certification Survey: During a Certification Survey, NCQA evaluates the organization's programs for provider measurement and action against the relevant standards. This type of Certification is for any entity seeking a decision independently.
  
  
• Corporate Survey: NCQA offers a Corporate survey option to national or regional organizations that provide centralized functions for local plans or local operating units.
  
  
• Corporate Affiliated Organization Survey: This survey type is avalaible for organizations that use results from a Corporate survey.
  
  
• Collaborative Survey: A Collaborative survey is conducted in a manner similar to that of a Corporate survey, where the collaborative provides centralized functions related to the standards on behalf of organizations that participate in the collaborative measurement initiative.
  
  
• Collaborative Participant Survey: This survey type is available for organizations that use results from a Collaborative survey.