Using Digital Content Services

NCQA’s Digital Content Services is a cloud-based software product with a built-in measure processing engine. Organizations interested in health care quality measures, including HEDIS^® measures, can use our out-of-the-box software with configurable quality measures for their quality initiatives.

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Digital Content Services Customer Documents

Customer End User License Agreement

An organization that has licensed NCQA’s Digital Content Services product must provide end users with the binding End-User License Agreement (EULA) before using the product or data produced by the product as required by the organization’s license agreement.

End User License Agreement (updated June 24, 2024)

The EULA may be modified or replaced at any point in the future. The document date will identify the most recent version.

Customer Handbook

For successful implementation of NCQA’s Digital Content Services, organizations must comply with all technical and resource requirements. The Customer Handbook contains a list of requirements and terms of use.

Customer Handbook (updated April 14, 2025)

Requirements may be modified or replaced at any point in the future. The document date will identify the most recent version.

Customer Copyright Notices And Disclaimers

NCQA’s Digital Content Services, or HEDIS measures used therein, contain or reference third-party codes, including, without limitation, code values owned, licensed or otherwise provided by third parties, and certain open-source software elements. Organizations that license NCQA’s Digital Content Services software, and their end users, agree to respect and comply with any license associated with such third-party code values and open-sourced software elements.

Digital Content Services Copyright Notices and Disclaimers (updated May 2025)
Digital Content Services Copyright Notices and Disclaimers (updated September 2024)

The NCQA Digital Content Services Copyright Notices and Disclaimers may be modified or replaced at any point in the future. The document date will identify the most recent version.

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Early Adopters Program Documents

Early Adopter End User License Agreement

DCS Early Adopter End User License Agreement (EULA) (updated March 27, 2023)

The Early Adopter EULA may be modified or replaced at any point in the future. The document date will identify the most recent version.

Early Adopter Program Requirements

For successful implementation of NCQA’s Digital Content Services, organizations must comply with all technical and resource requirements. The Early Adopter Program Requirements document contains a list of requirements. Organizations that license NCQA’s Digital Content Services are required to attest to Early Adopter Program Requirements.

DCS Early Adopter Requirements (updated March 27, 2023)

Early Adopter Program Requirements may be modified or replaced at any point in the future. The document date will identify the most recent version.

Early Adopter Copyright Notices and Disclaimers

NCQA’s Digital Content Services, or HEDIS measures used therein, contain or reference third-party elements, including, without limitation, element values owned, licensed or otherwise provided by third parties, and certain open-source software elements. Organizations that license NCQA’s Digital Content Services software, and their end users, agree to respect and comply with any license associated with such third-party element values and open-sourced software element.

DCS Early Adopter Copyright Notices and Disclaimers (updated March 2024)

The NCQA Digital Content Services Copyright Notices and Disclaimers may be modified or replaced at any point in the future. The document date will identify the most recent version.