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 CMS Opioid Action Plan
NCQA urges support for non-opioid pain management, evidence-based treatment and expanded access to care.
NCQA Comments on External Quality Review Protocols of Managed Care Organizations
NCQA supports the addition of non-duplication language for mandatory EQR-related activities to reduce burden on managed care plans and states.
NCQA Comments on Proposed 2020 MACRA Rule
NCQA supports the move to smaller sets of specialty-specific, outcome-based and population health measures in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
NCQA Comments on ACA Non-discrimination Proposal
NCQA opposed proposal to curtail protections for LGBT patients.
NCQA Comments on Patients over Paperwork
NCQA urges CMS to increase bonuses points for electronic reporting to support the move to digital quality measurement.
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.