Comment Letters

Our Public Policy team regularly submits comment letters to federal and state entities on a broad range of health care topics. Read our most recent comment letters below.

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  1. 09.13.2019

    NCQA Comments on Proposed 2020 MACRA Rule

    NCQA supports the move to smaller sets of specialty-specific, outcome-based and population health measures in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

  2. 08.13.2019

    NCQA Comments on ACA Non-discrimination Proposal

    NCQA opposed proposal to curtail protections for LGBT patients.

  3. 08.12.2019

    NCQA Comments on Patients over Paperwork

    NCQA urges CMS to increase bonuses points for electronic reporting to support the move to digital quality measurement.

  4. 06.24.2019

    NCQA Comments on Proposed Rule for Inpatient and Long-term Care Hospitals

    NCQA supports requiring EHR certification for electronic clinical quality measures and urges CMS to use our certification program that is the most rigorous.

  5. 05.20.2019

    NCQA Comments on ONC Data Blocking Rule

    NCQA strongly supports ONC's proposed rule to promote electronic data exchange and stop data blocking, which will advance NCQA's goal of automatically extracting quality measurement data from electronic health information sources.

  6. 05.20.2019

    NCQA Comments on CMS Proposed Rule for Improving Interoperability and Patient Access

    NCQA supports CMS proposed rule to stop data blocking and improve interoperability and patient access.

  7. 03.28.2019

    NCQA Endorses the Stabilized Medicaid & CHIP Act (Senate)

    NCQA supports House & Senate bills to require continuous 12-month coverage for everyone in Medicaid and CHIP, which is essential for improving and measuring quality.

  8. 03.28.2019

    NCQA Endorses the Stabilized Medicaid & CHIP Act (House)

    NCQA supports House & Senate bills to require continuous 12-month coverage for everyone in Medicaid and CHIP, which is essential for improving and measuring quality.

  9. 03.01.2019

    NCQA Comments on Medicare Advantage 2020 Call Letter

    NCQA urges CMS to provide maximum flexibility on new supplemental benefits for the chronically ill that are not primarily health related.

  10. 03.01.2019

    NCQA Comments on VA MISSION Act Urgent Care Proposed Rule

    NCQA urged the Veterans Administration to require Patient-Centered Connected Care recognition for non-VA urgent and retail care clinics.

  11. 02.20.2019

    NCQA Response to CMS RFI on Accreditor Conflicts of Interest

    NCQA describes our policies and procedures for preventing conflicts of interest in our health plan accreditation program.

  12. 01.28.2019

    NCQA Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden Comments

    NCQA urges ONC to transfer eMeasure certification testing to our more robust methodology.