{"id":37598,"date":"2024-06-24T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncqa.org\/?page_id=37598"},"modified":"2024-06-25T13:47:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T17:47:03","slug":"ncqa-health-equity-accreditation-program-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncqa.org\/ncqa-health-equity-accreditation-program-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"NCQA Health Equity Accreditation Program Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column grid-item-1 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Health Equity Accreditation Program Toolkit is a resource to help organizations interested in pursuing NCQA Health Equity Accreditation gain a better understanding of their organization\u2019s readiness for a NCQA survey. It provides a high level overview of the program standards, what to expect before, during and after a NCQA survey, and offers access to additional resources to support throughout the accreditation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Use the Toolkit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The toolkit is designed to walk through each stage of the accreditation process and underline the importance of evaluating an organization\u2019s level of readiness in achieving Health Equity Accreditation prior to submitting an application. The toolkit will help answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why NCQA Health Equity Accreditation?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are the benefits of NCQA Health Equity Accreditation?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the format of the program standards?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What can be expected throughout the NCQA Accreditation process?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can additional support resources be accessed?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter where your organization is on its health equity journey, this toolkit will help you to better understand how to get started pursuing and preparing for NCQA Health Equity Accreditation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column grid-item-2 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\nvar 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