HUG Helps You Get the
Most Out of HEDIS

August 22, 2022 · Andy Reynolds

How do you stay current on something as big and dynamic as the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)?

It’s hard to keep up, considering HEDIS’s expanding:

• Breadth: compose the measure set. Those measures span 17 domains and subdomains of health care.
• Reach: More than 200 million people are enrolled in health plans that use HEDIS. That means HEDIS monitors the quality of care for more than 60 percent of the US population.
• Influence: Auditing and validation of HEDIS results give payers and providers the confidence to trust HEDIS as the basis of most value-based contracting.

A structured, reliable way to stay up to date is to join the HEDIS Users Group (HUG).

Savvy HEDIS users join HUG to build:

1. Know-How: Grow your performance-measurement expertise.
2. Insight: Be among the first hear from NCQA how, why and when HEDIS is evolving. And learn from other HUG members how they use HEDIS.
3. Access: Engage NCQA measure stewards and other leaders in small group settings, so you can get your questions answered by the experts.
4. Influence: drives HEDIS’s development. HUG members take that one step further by reviewing proposed projects and field testing new measures.

Specific benefits of HUG membership include:

• Exclusive E-Pubs: Get an electronic version of HEDIS Volume 2: Technical Specifications. Only the HUG version includes changes and clarifications from the annual Technical Update.
• Exclusive Webinars: Enjoy four online conferences per year, plus a bonus conference about implementing HEDIS.

• Newsletter: Stay current as a subscriber to the HUG Update, a monthly bulletin with timely advice and policy updates about HEDIS and Health Plan Accreditation.
• Publication Bundles: Complete your knowledge with these supplemental HEDIS publications:

• • Volume 1: Narrative Overview.
  • Volume 3: Specifications for Survey Measures (CAHPS).
  • Volume 5: HEDIS Compliance Audit™: Standards, Policies and Procedures.
  • Volume 6: The Medicare Health Outcomes Survey

• Discounts: Save money on other NCQA purchases, including:

• • A 10% discount on 1 or more copies of HEDIS e-pubs.
  • A 50% discount on 1 registration for select NCQA Education events.
  • A $200 voucher toward NCQA publications or products.

Pick the HUG package that will help your organization keep up with HEDIS.