UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Florida Awarded NCQA Health Equity Accreditation
20 Octubre 2022 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) awarded
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Florida with its Health Equity
Accreditation. This accreditation is awarded to organizations that
lead the market in providing culturally and linguistically
sensitive services, and work to reduce health care disparities.
NCQA is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to
assessing and reporting on the quality of managed care plans,
managed behavioral health care organizations, preferred provider
organizations, new health plans, physician organizations,
credentials verification organizations, disease management programs
and other health-related programs.
Health Equity Accreditation is a nationally recognized
Accreditation that purchasers, regulators and consumers can use to
distinguish organizations that meet rigorous standards in serving a
diverse population.
“We are honored to receive this recognition from NCQA,
furthering our work to address and reduce health disparities for
Floridians,” said Michael Lawton, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community
Plan of Florida. “This nationally recognized accreditation is an
important standard for ensuring we are committed to leading the
advancement of quality of care and equitable outcomes.”
Health Equity Accreditation through NCQA evaluates how well an
organization complies with standards for:
- Organizational readiness.
- Race/ethnicity, language, gender identity and sexual
orientation.
- Access and availability of language services.
- Practitioner network cultural responsiveness.
- Culturally and linguistically appropriate services
programs.
- Reducing health care disparities.
“Cultural competency is crucial to providing high-quality health
care,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “Organizations
achieving Health Equity Accreditation are leaders in closing the
ethnic and racial disparities gap, and NCQA commends them for their
dedication.”
For more information about NCQA Health Equity Accreditation,
visit www.ncqa.org.
About NCQA
NCQA is a private, nonprofit 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 (HEDIS®) is the most widely
used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA's website
(ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and
others make informed health care choices. NCQA can be found online
at ncqa.org, on Twitter @ncqa, on Facebook at
facebook.com/NCQA.org/ and on LinkedIn at
linkedin.com/company/ncqa.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier
lives and making the health system work better for everyone by
simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care
providers. In the United States, UnitedHealthcare offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, and
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with
more than 1.5 million physicians and care professionals, and more
than 6,700 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. The
company also provides health benefits and delivers care to people
through owned and operated health care facilities in South America.
UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group
(NYSE: UNH), a diversified health care company. For more
information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC
on Twitter.
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Theresa Hunter UnitedHealthcare (952) 406-3524
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