EHR Intelligence February 20, 2018
NCQA is the only ONC-authorized testing lab capable of performing tests for the ONC health IT Certification Program
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) eMeasure testing lab has been approved by ONC as an Authorized Testing Lab (ONC-ATL).
As an ONC-ATL, NCQA is now approved to test health IT products for the ONC Health IT Certification Program.
NCQA is the only approved alternative to the government-based electronic quality measure testing procedure. Health IT companies can now use the NCQA generated test decks for health IT certification related to electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) reporting as part of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), as well as for NCQA eMeasure certification. NCQA eMeasure certification is used in NCQA’s recognition for Patient-Centered...