Author: Amy Tennant, Policy Manager, Recognition Programs Policy and Resources, NCQA

Amy Tennant is a Policy Manager in NCQA’s Recognition Programs Policy and Resources. In this role, she creates and maintains PCMH resources, manages product updates and provides policy support and expertise to customers, PCMH CCEs and NCQA Evaluators. She is also the recognition programs policy lead for work with special populations such as oncology care and patients with serious illness.

She started at NCQA in the Product Development department where she supported the development of recognition programs including the redesign of the PCMH standards for 2017, Patient-Centered Specialty Practice and PCMH Distinction in Behavioral Health Integration. She obtained her Six Sigma Black Belt and holds a BS in Healthcare Management and Policy from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.