Capturing Social Needs Data: We need your input!

11.05.2021 · Fern McCree, Senior Research Associate, NCQA

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NCQA needs your input as we develop our new measure concept, Screening and Intervention for Social Needs. We would like to learn more about how plans are capturing and documenting social needs data on their members, especially for food, housing and transportation. Please take a few moments to complete the survey at the link below. Responses requested by Friday, November 19.

Health Plan Survey on Social Needs Data Collection (surveymonkey.com)

All responses will be kept anonymous.

Fern McCree, Senior Research Associate, NCQA

Fern McCree, MPH is a Senior Research Associate in the Performance Measurement Department at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Ms. McCree is responsible for managing and coordinating research, measure development and maintenance activities of health plan level quality measures. Her work is primarily focused on behavioral health, geriatric and risk adjustment utilization. Ms. McCree also leads efforts to develop measures within the electronic clinical data system (ECDS) domain which aims to enable reporting health plan level measures using data sources that provide more accurate and timely clinical information. Ms. McCree holds a Masters of Public Health from The George Washington University and a Bachelor in Science in Public Health Administration from Temple University.