NCQA Person-Centered Goals

Grant Summary

The John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees approved an 18-month, $415,422 grant to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) in Washington, D.C., to support the first stage of a multi-phase initiative that will develop outcomes-based performance measures to improve the quality and experience of care for dually enrolled Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries. The NCQA is an independent, not-for-profit organization that has worked for more than two decades to drive quality improvement nationally through evolving measures and assessments of care structures, processes, and outcomes. In the first phase of this initiative, the NCQA will examine care plans and patient records and interview providers, patients, and families to identify best practices and articulate measures for evaluating goal-directed, person-centered assessment and care planning for Medicare/Medicaid individuals. This work will compliment and converge with the advocacy work of Community Catalyst, Inc.’s Voices for Better Health project. The SCAN Foundation has already committed a total of $425,929 in matching funds to the initiative.