Comment Letters
Our Public Policy team regularly submits comment letters to federal and state entities on a broad range of health care topics. Read our most recent comment letters below.
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NCQA Comments on Proposed Rule for Inpatient and Long-term Care Hospitals
NCQA supports requiring EHR certification for electronic clinical quality measures and urges CMS to use our certification program that is the most rigorous.
NCQA Comments on ONC Data Blocking Rule
NCQA strongly supports ONC's proposed rule to promote electronic data exchange and stop data blocking, which will advance NCQA's goal of automatically extracting quality measurement data from electronic health information sources.
NCQA Comments on CMS Proposed Rule for Improving Interoperability and Patient Access
NCQA supports CMS proposed rule to stop data blocking and improve interoperability and patient access.
NCQA Endorses the Stabilized Medicaid & CHIP Act (Senate)
NCQA supports House & Senate bills to require continuous 12-month coverage for everyone in Medicaid and CHIP, which is essential for improving and measuring quality.
NCQA Endorses the Stabilized Medicaid & CHIP Act (House)
NCQA supports House & Senate bills to require continuous 12-month coverage for everyone in Medicaid and CHIP, which is essential for improving and measuring quality.
NCQA Comments on Medicare Advantage 2020 Call Letter
NCQA urges CMS to provide maximum flexibility on new supplemental benefits for the chronically ill that are not primarily health related.
NCQA Comments on VA MISSION Act Urgent Care Proposed Rule
NCQA urged the Veterans Administration to require Patient-Centered Connected Care recognition for non-VA urgent and retail care clinics.
NCQA Response to CMS RFI on Accreditor Conflicts of Interest
NCQA describes our policies and procedures for preventing conflicts of interest in our health plan accreditation program.
NCQA Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden Comments
NCQA urges ONC to transfer eMeasure certification testing to our more robust methodology.
NCQA Proposed Medicare Advantage Rule Comments
NCQA supports proposals to expand telehealth, unify D-SNP appeals and share Parts A & B data with Part D-only drug plans.
NCQA Comments on VA MISSION Act
NCQA urges the VA to use our programs and expertise to help meeting MISSION Act implementation challenges.
NCQA Urges Adoption of House Language on Sharing Addiction Data
NCQA urges House & Senate leaders on opioid legislation to adopt House language allowing data sharing of addiction record to improve care coordination and expand access.