MY 2025 Data Submission Timeline

This timeline outlines the data submission process from September 2025 through October 2026.

2025

NCQA posts the XML templates, validation files and data dictionaries for Interactive Data Submission System© (IDSS) to the data submission webpage.

NCQA HEDIS Data Submission Kick-off letter is sent to Primary and Secondary contacts.

NCQA releases the 2026 Online Healthcare Organization Questionnaire (HOQ) for health plans to request and update submissions.

Auditor completes the CAHPS survey sample frame validation by Friday, January 30.

Health plans finalize commercial, Exchange, Medicaid, and Medicare HOQ requests to obtain access to the IDSS and submission IDs for HEDIS^®1 and CAHPS^®2 on Friday, February 6 by 8:00 pm ET.

NCQA releases the 2026 Interactive Data Submission System (IDSS) for data loading and validation.
Submission IDs for survey measures are distributed to NCQA certified survey vendors.

NCQA Accreditation team will send out the annual HEDIS Assessment fee invoice (accredited plans only).

NCQA Conditions for Public Reporting letter is sent to Primary and Secondary HEDIS contacts. This letter includes the rules used for displaying data in our public reporting programs (Health Plan Ratings).
NCQA certified survey vendors begin submission of commercial and Medicaid CAHPS 5.1H member-level data files to NCQA.
NCQA releases Health Plan Ratings—Plan Confirmation to all commercial, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans (NCQA-Accredited and non-Accredited) with “NCQA Programs” marked in the HOQ Submission Type field. Plans are required to review their details (e.g., HEDIS/CAHPS submission IDs, organization name, Accreditation status, state coverage) on the Plan Confirmation site within 10 business days. This information will be used to calculate Ratings in August and September.

Commercial and Medicaid CAHPS survey results are available for download in IDSS.
IDSS Plan-lock must be applied for all commercial, Exchange, Medicaid, and Medicare audited submissions on Monday, June 1 by 9:00 pm ET to ensure auditors have enough time to validate health plan results.
Health Plans submit Finalized commercial, Exchange, Medicaid, and Medicare HEDIS (non-survey data) results and signed Attestation via the IDSS on Monday, June 15 by 9:00 pm ET.
CMS requires a Patient-Level-Detail (PLD) file validation for Medicare submissions. Organizations must submit the patient-level-detail file to CMS’ vendor by Monday, June 15 by 9:00 pm ET.
Last day for IDSS Resubmission requests for data and Attestation is Tuesday, June 30.

NCQA releases Health Plan Ratings—Projected Ratings to all commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage plans (NCQA-Accredited and non-Accredited). Plans are required to review their Projected Rating and Accreditation status (if applicable) on the Projected Ratings site within 10 business days. This information will be used for public display of NCQA’s Health Plan Ratings, published to NCQA’s Health Plan Report Card on September 15.
NCQA releases the Quality Compass^® 2026 (MY 2025) Medicaid product line.

NCQA releases Health Plan Ratings—Final Ratings to NCQA’s Health Plan Report Card on September 15.
NCQA releases the Quality Compass^® 2026 (MY 2025) Member Experience Data Set for the commercial and Medicaid product lines in September.
NCQA releases the Quality Compass^® 2026 (MY 2025) Medicare product line in October.
NCQA releases the Quality Compass^® 2026 (MY 2025) Exchange product line in November.

¹ HEDIS^®, IDSS and Quality Compass^® are registered trademarks of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

² CAHPS^® is a registered trademark of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

³ Quality Compass release dates are general time frames and are subject to change.