MedeAnalytics Receives 2017 Certification from NCQA for HEDIS Certified Measures(SM)

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- MedeAnalytics today announced that it has achieved 2017 National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) certification on all Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures within its Quality Management solution. One of the first vendors to achieve certification for 2017, MedeAnalytics Quality Management empowers health plan customers with the ability to rapidly improve HEDIS® performance, ultimately improving quality care for their members. Audit and chart chase support artifacts are built into the certified logic, simplifying an often painful and time-consuming process. The certified HEDIS® measure module leverages MedeAnalytics' investment in Apache® Spark^TM technology that provides increased performance gains with validated calculations in minutes.

"Quality of care will continue to be a primary focus for healthcare, and as one of the earliest recipients of the NCQA certification, MedeAnalytics continues to demonstrate our ability to support clients with the best solutions to implement and measure their quality management programs," said Andrew Hurd, CEO of MedeAnalytics. "What's most exciting is that once you have enabled your customers to get validated results in minutes, you open the door for direct provider participation in quality improvement and supplemental data capture, something many of our customers are doing today. It really changes the payer-provider dynamic and delivers enhanced health value for consumers."

MedeAnalytics' Quality Management provides scalable, quality reporting with speed, frequency and integrated analytics power unmatched in the industry. The solution covers HEDIS, P4P, Medicare Star Ratings, AHRQ, QRS, PQRS and custom measures. These measures can be updated as often as daily and are integrated within a platform that enables member and claim-level granularity, all with audit and chase support built-in. Those insights help to identify gaps in care and ensure members meet quality standards. Quality Management manages the performance requirements from multiple governing bodies to reduce overall administrative complexity and standardize measurement processes.

The NCQA Measure Certification proves vendors have the ability to produce accurate and reliable results using their software code. Health plans using NCQA-Certified vendors save time by eliminating the manual source code review portion of the HEDIS Compliance Audit and P4P Audit Review.

HEDIS is a tool used by more than 90 percent of America's health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service. NCQA's HEDIS Measure Certification is precise, automated testing that verifies compliance with HEDIS Specifications and satisfies the source code review portion of the HEDIS Compliance Audit™.

About National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA's Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA's Web site (ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others make more informed health care choices. 

HEDIS® is a registered trademark of the NCQA
Certified HEDIS® Software is a service mark of the NCQA
HEDIS® Software Certification is a service mark of the NCQA

About MedeAnalytics®

MedeAnalytics provides evidence-based insights to solve a real problem that plagues healthcare – how to use the immense amount of patient data collected along the care continuum to deliver cost-effective care and promote a healthier population. Its analytics platform delivers intelligence that helps healthcare organizations detect their greatest areas of risk and identify opportunities to improve their financial health. It empowers providers and health plans to collaborate and use data to strengthen their operations and improve the quality of care. MedeAnalytics' cloud-based tools have been used to uncover business insights for over 1,500 healthcare organizations across the United States and United Kingdom. The company has also been named one of Modern Healthcare's top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare for 2014, 2015 and 2016. For more information, visit www.medeanalytics.com.

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