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  1. Health Equity Research

    Last modified 11.21.2025
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    Health Equity Research Mitigating the adverse effects of health inequities—as well as addressing their origins in American institutions, structures and systems—requires collaboration across the health…

  2. Resources to Support Equity Action

    Last modified 09.29.2025
    ncqa.org/health-equity/resources-to-support-equity-action/

    Resources to Support Equity Action The resources below include tools, best practices and foundational references that can help inform organizational efforts to put equity into…

  3. NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation Programs

    Last modified 08.04.2023
    ncqa.org/ncqas-health-equity-accreditation-programs/

    THE HEALTH EQUITY JOURNEY Improving health equity requires engagement and partnerships across the entire health care industry, as well as with industry stakeholders such as…

  4. Learn How: Novant Health Is Advancing Health Equity Initiatives

    Last modified 07.10.2023
    ncqa.org/learn-how-novant-health-is-advancing-health-equity-initiatives/

    Improving health equity requires engagement and partnerships across the entire health care industry as well as with industry stakeholders such as employers, regulators and community-based…

  5. NCQA Comments on Medicare Advantage

    Last modified 11.21.2025
    ncqa.org/comment-letter/ncqa-comments-on-medicare-advantage/

    The National Committee for Quality Assurance shares recommendations with CMS on how to advance health equity, expand access in coverage and care, and drive innovation to promote person-centered care.

  6. NCQA Comments on OMB’s Initial Proposals for Updating Race and Ethnicity Standards

    Last modified 11.21.2025
    ncqa.org/comment-letter/ncqa-comments-on-ombs-initial-proposals-for-updating-race-and-ethnicity-standards/

    NCQA supports the expansion of race and ethnicity categories and encourages OMB to provide guidance on implementation to ensure data are meaningful and usable.

  7. NCQA Responds to CMS RFI: Episode-Based Payment Model

    Last modified 08.18.2023
    ncqa.org/comment-letter/ncqa-responds-to-cms-rfi-episode-based-payment-model/

    NCQA provides comments on the CMS RFI in the following areas: care delivery and incentive structure alignment; quality measures, interoperability and multi-payer alignment; and health equity.

  8. NCQA Responds to CMS RFI on Establishing a National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services

    Last modified 12.13.2022
    ncqa.org/comment-letter/ncqa-responds-to-cms-rfi-on-establishing-a-national-directory-of-healthcare-providers-services/

    NCQA shares feedback on CMS’s proposal to leverage emerging standards to increase accuracy and reliability of provider directories and help patients find providers that meet their individual care and cultural needs.

  9. NCQA Comments on CMS’s 2023 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

    Last modified 06.17.2022
    ncqa.org/comment-letter/ncqa-comments-on-cmss-2023-hospital-inpatient-prospective-payment-system-proposed-rule/

    NCQA is pleased to provide comments on CMS’s considerations for the future of digital quality measurement and principles for measuring health care disparities across CMS quality programs.