WISHIN Is Among the First HIEs in the Nation to Earn NCQA Data Aggregator Validation Status
Validated Data Flows Promote Trust, Support Value-Based Contracting,
Ease Quality Measurement Burden for Payers and Providers
WISHIN announced today that it has earned the Validated Data Stream designation in the new National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Data Aggregator Validation (DAV) program. WISHIN is part of the first cohort of HIEs to voluntarily seek and earn the new NCQA validation.
As part of the same cohort of organizations, WISHIN’s vendor KPI Ninja of Lincoln, Nebraska, received a Certified Data Partner designation from NCQA.
“The Validated Data Stream designation is a substantial achievement because it positions WISHIN to deliver more value to our clients. And it’s a win-win for our customers -- it’s a win for health plans because their ‘chart chase’ burden for HEDIS ® measures can be substantially reduced, and it’s a win for providers, who won’t have to accommodate the ‘chart chasers,’” said WISHIN CEO Joe Kachelski.
The validation applies to a wide swath of data sources in the WISHIN network. Data streams that earn validation undergo a rigorous, end-to-end look at the quality and integrity of data and the procedures used to manage and safeguard it. WISHIN’s DAV designation verifies adherence to NCQA process, system and data standards.
Data in the WISHIN network from the following sources has been validated by NCQA:
- Epic - Inpatient Care
- Epic - Outpatient Care
- Epic - Diagnostic - Lab & Imaging
- Cerner Millenium - Inpatient Care
- Meditech Magic - Inpatient Care
- Meditech Magic - Outpatient Care
- Meditech Magic - Diagnostic - Lab & Imaging
- Cerner Millenium - Diagnostic - Lab & Imaging
- Cerner CommunityWorks - Inpatient Care
- Cerner CommunityWorks - Diagnostic - Lab & Imaging
- Meditech CS - Outpatient Care
- Meditech CS - Diagnostic - Lab & Imaging
- NextGen - Outpatient Care
The NCQA validation means that health plans can use data from the WISHIN system from the above sources in their HEDIS® process, instead of accessing the data from individual providers.