{"id":15457,"date":"2020-03-26T11:26:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncqa.org\/?page_id=15457"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:35:57","slug":"irt-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncqa.org\/programs\/health-plans\/health-plan-accreditation-hpa\/current-customers\/hpa2020\/standards-release-dates\/irt-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"IRT Release Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IRT system will not be available from 5pm Friday, March 27\u20138am Monday, March 30, <\/strong>while updates are tested.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Changing?<\/h2>\n

Based on your input, we made the following changes.<\/p>\n\n

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Feature<\/th>Location<\/th>Description<\/th> <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
Score by Product Line<\/b><\/td>\n Scores tab<\/td>\n Score across all product lines once or by product line.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Add Issues By Product Line<\/b><\/td>\n Issues\/Support Texts tab<\/td>\n Add product lines for each issue (similar to selecting delegates).<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Accreditation Status Thresholds<\/b><\/td>\n Overall Results; Summary of Scores<\/td>\n New Accreditation status thresholds.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Changes to HPA 2020 and New Features<\/h2>\n

For organizations, we made these changes to HPA 2020 and added new features:<\/p>\n\n

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Feature<\/th>Location<\/th>Description<\/th> <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n
Online Application Integration With IRT<\/b><\/td>\n ACTIONS button<\/td>\n Click \u201cGo to Online Application\u201d in My.NCQA.org to verify the status of an application.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
New Timeline Stages<\/b><\/td>\n Timeline<\/td>\n For survey tools purchased on and after March 30, 2020, IRT timeline has new stages to support Presubmission and, when applicable, Corrective Action Plans.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Summary of Changes Page<\/b><\/td>\n ACTIONS button<\/td>\n Exportable list of changes for elements from the previous standard year.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Tabs and Vertical Filter<\/b><\/td>\n Element View<\/td>\n Customers have the option to switch from tabs to a vertical view for scrolling down the element.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Linked Licenses: Grouping Reports<\/b><\/td>\n Reports<\/td>\n In a linked license group, toggle between each license in Submission Overview Report, Medicaid Report, Medicare Report and Score Summary.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
Delegate Entry Update<\/b><\/td>\n Delegation Standards (Scores tab)<\/td>\n When delegate names or NOT APPLICABLE are typed\/saved in Element A, the text pushes to the remaining elements in the standard.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Want More Information About Release 20?<\/h2>\n