November 2022
- NCQA HEDIS Data Submission Kick-off letter is sent to Primary and Secondary contacts.
- NCQA posts the XML templates, validation files and data dictionaries for Interactive Data Submission System© (IDSS) to the data submission webpage
December 2022
- NCQA releases the 2023 Online Healthcare Organization Questionnaire (HOQ) for health plans to request and update submissions
January 2023
- Auditor completes the CAHPS survey sample frame validation in the HOQ by January 31, 2023.
February 2023
March 2023
- NCQA releases the 2023 Interactive Data Submission System (IDSS) for data loading and validation.
- Submission IDs for survey measures are distributed to NCQA certified survey vendors.
May 2023
- 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.
- Health Plan Ratings—Plan Confirmation is required for commercial, Medicaid and Medicare. Plans verify the information that will determine how their organization is displayed in the ratings (e.g., states, Accreditation statuses and Market Names).
- NCQA Accreditation team will send out the annual HEDIS Assessment fee invoice (accredited plans only).
June 2023
- 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 Thursday, June 1 by 11:59 pm ET to ensure auditors have enough time to validate health plan results.
- CMS requires a Patient-Level-Detail (PLD) file validation for Medicare submissions. Organizations must submit the patient-level-detail file to CMS’ vendor by Thursday, June 15 by 11:59 pm ET.
- Health Plans submit Finalized commercial, Exchange, Medicaid, and Medicare HEDIS (non-survey data) results and signed Attestation via the IDSS on Thursday, June 15 by 11:59 pm ET.
- Last day for IDSS Resubmission requests for data and Attestation is Friday, June 30.
July 2023
- NCQA releases the 2023 Quality Compass® commercial edition.[3]
August 2023
- Projected Health Plan Ratings for commercial, Medicaid and Medicare are released. Plans are required to confirm their rating and Accreditation information (if applicable).
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.