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The exclusion in General Guideline 18 is optional. Members who die during the measurement year may be excluded from all measures, except the measures in the Health Plan Descriptive domain or the Risk Adjusted Utilization subdomain. However, if a member dies during the measurement year, the organization is not required to remove the member from all measures.
For example, if an organization identifies a deceased member during medical record review for the ABA measure, the member may be removed from the measure as a valid data error and replaced with a member from the oversample, but the organization is not required to remove the member from all other applicable HEDIS measures.
Additionally, there is no requirement to assess numerator compliance for deceased members and exclude the member only if they are not numerator compliant. NCQA does not prescribe how organizations identify deceased members using claim/encounter and enrollment data. Organizations must develop their own methods to identify these members.

HEDIS 2020

Yes. Supplemental data may be used for the denominator and the numerator when following the Rules for Allowable Adjustments. In general, the data are usable when the codes are in the value sets and the clinical intent of the measure is not changed, but there are restrictions for use of supplemental data in regular HEDIS reporting:

1. For denominator calculation. The current restriction in regular HEDIS reporting is based on auditability, not on the data’s effect on the measure’s clinical intent. In Allowable Adjustments, files may be used if they meet all measure requirements.
2. For Numerator calculation. The current restriction in regular HEDIS reporting is based on assessing paid claims vs. denied claims. In Allowable Adjustments, files may be used if they meet all requirements of the measure, even if the organization cannot determine payment status.

HEDIS 2020

Yes. Assessment and evaluation each require a case manager or a qualified individual to draw and document a conclusion about the data or information collected. Raw data or answers to questions do not meet the requirement; there must be a documented summary of the meaning or implications to the member’s situation, so data can be used in the case management plan.
The organization must draw a conclusion for each factor (unless otherwise stated in the explanation). This may be in separate summaries for each factor or in a combined summary, or in a combination of these.

CM-LTSS 2020

NCQA does not require a Credentialing Committee size, composition or quorum beyond that the committee must include practitioners who participate in the network.
Participating practitioners on the credentialing committee must be from a range of specialties or departments that represent the types of practitioners reviewed by the committee. For example, it would not be sufficient for only primary care practitioners to participate on the committee unless the network has only primary care practitioners.

UM-CR-PN 2020

For Element A

• For First Surveys, NCQA reviews the organization’s plan for annual comprehensive analysis of its PHM strategy impact or the organization’s most recent annual comprehensive analysis of its PHM strategy impact.
• For Renewal Surveys, NCQA reviews the organization’s most recent annual comprehensive analysis of its PHM strategy impact.

For Element B

• Element B is NA for First Surveys.
• For Renewal Surveys, NCQA reviews the organization’s most recent annual comprehensive analysis of its PHM strategy impact.

NCQA will clarify these requirements in the November Policy Update. 

HP 2020

The structure of Accreditation scoring is changing, beginning with Health Plan Accreditation 2020 and the 2020 HEDIS reporting year, when Accreditation and Health Plan Ratings will align. All organizations undergoing annual reevaluation in 2020 are included in the change to Ratings.
The links below provide information on the Health Plan Ratings, including the measures required for 2020 Accreditation.
Visit https://www.ncqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190731_2020_Health_Plan_Ratings_Methodology.pdf for information on the HPA Methodology document.
Visit https://www.ncqa.org/programs/health-plans/health-plan-accreditation-hpa/current-customers/hpa2020/scoring-updates/ for information on  scoring updates.
Visit https://www.ncqa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2020-HP-Accreditation_HEDIS-CAHPS-Measures.pdf for the link to the HEDIS and CAHPS measures list for 2020

HP 2020

It depends. If telemedicine practitioners are credentialed under CR 1–CR 6, organizations are not required to also assess the telemedicine organization under CR 7, but if telemedicine practitioners are not credentialed under CR 1–CR 6, the telemedicine organization must be assessed under CR 7.
 

HP 2020

No. The organization must provide documentation of a tracking mechanism—or mechanisms (e.g., checklist or spreadsheet)—that encompass the required provider types

HP 2020

Reports submitted for QI often outline a lot of information (baseline performance, goals, actions, and remeasurements) that must be carefully reviewed. By uploading the documents ahead of the virtual review, it gives the Evaluator time to review the data and note areas for clarification.
 

PCMH

Any NDC or RxNorm code that is in the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s RxNorm database as of September 1, 2019 will be considered for inclusion in the HEDIS 2020 MLD, which will be posted to the NCQA website on November 1, 2019. This is a change from past years’ cutoff date, which was September 30.

HEDIS 2020

For MEM 2, Element C, NCQA reviews the organization’s data collection methodology. This may be in policies and procedures or described as part of the organization’s reports. NCQA also reviews the organization’s most recent assessment and actions reports completed at least once during the look-back period.
Similarly, for MEM 3, Element C, NCQA reviews the organization’s data collection methodology. This may be in policies and procedures or described as part of the organization’s reports. NCQA also reviews the organization’s annual evaluation report and improvement of identified deficiencies.

HP 2019

For ME 5, Element C, NCQA reviews the organization’s data collection methodology. This may be in policies and procedures or described as part of the organization’s reports. NCQA also reviews the organization’s most recent assessment and actions reports completed at least once during the look-back period. 

Similarly, for ME 6, Element C, NCQA reviews the organization’s data collection methodology. This may be in policies and procedures or described as part of the organization’s reports. NCQA also reviews the organization’s annual evaluation report and improvement of identified deficiencies.

HP 2020