The Future of HEDIS

6 Topics and Themes

The future of HEDIS focuses on 6 core ideas:

• Allowable Adjustments: New flexibility lets users modify measures without changing their clinical intent.
• Licensing and Certification: Updated requirements ensure accuracy of measure results.
• Digital Measures: HEDIS specifications that download directly into users’ data systems bring new ease.
• Electronic Clinical Data Systems (ECDS): This new reporting method helps clinical data create insight for managing the health of individuals and groups.
• Equity: Closing care gaps to make care equitable makes care better.
• Telehealth: The access to care that telehealth has brought Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic is vital to quality now and after the pandemic.

Webinars: The Future of HEDIS

Learn where HEDIS is headed in this webinar series:

• • • Episode 1 – The Basics: July 12, 2019
      Get the recording, slides and transcript in our archives below.
    • Episode 2 – Answering Common Questions: September 27, 2019
      Get answers to common questions about digital measures, ECDS and more. See our archives below.
    • Episode 3 – Let’s Get Technical: Digital Measures & ECDS: October 30, 2019
      The discussion gets more technical. See our archives below.
    • Episode 4 – 2019 Year in Review: What’s New & What’s Next: December 10, 2019
      Recap of what’s new for HEDIS as well as a look ahead. See our archives below.
    • Episode 5 – FHIR^® in Our Future: HEDIS and New Data Standards: February 24, 2020
      Discussion of Why FHIR and what NCQA is considering. See our archives below.
    • Episode 6 – Telehealth and the Future of Quality: June 29, 2020
      Discussion on telehealth’s rapid rise during COVID-19 and its implications for quality. See our archives below.
    • Episode 7 – Emerging Strategies for Telehealth, HEDIS and NCQA Products: September 24, 2020
      Discussion on telehealth, HEDIS and NCQA’s products. See our archives below.
      
    • Episode 8 – Digital Measures and Health Equity: February 24, 2021
      Discussion on digital measures and health equity. See our archives below.
    • Episode 9 – Health Equity: June 22, 2021
      Discussion on using HEDIS to address health disparities.
    • Episode 10 – During and After the Pandemic: September 30, 2021
      Discussion on the future of HEDIS during and after the pandemic. See our archives below.
    • Episode 11 – Better Data, Better Measures, Better Care: March 2, 2022
      Discussion on our plan to fully digitalize HEDIS and our new plans for evolving measurement.
    • Episode 12 – Using HEDIS to improve Health Equity: October 6, 2022
      A look at race and ethnicity stratification, social-needs measurement and gender-inclusive measurement.
    • Episode 13 – New Ideas for 2024 and Digital Content – February 28, 2023
      Leaders from NCQA HEDIS Policy and Digital Content Services brief the HEDIS community on diverse plans and proposals.
    • Episode 14 – Digital Quality Measurement Midyear Review Webinar: July 6, 2023
      A timely briefing on recent and pending developments in digital quality.
      
    • Special Episode: CMS Universal Foundation to Align Quality Measures: What It Means for You: July 14, 2023
      Five leaders discuss the Universal Foundation, why it matters and how it relates to other initiatives.
      
    • Special Episode: Advancing Digital Quality Transformation: December 1, 2023
      In this video, Brad Ryan, MD, Chief Growth Officer at NCQA, discusses some of these initiatives, including the plan to digitalize HEDIS measures, the timeline to transition to digital quality measures and new resources available to support this transition.

   

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