Happy Holidays to the List. A few thoughts: NCQA is the defacto "certifier" for the health plan side, like JCAHO is for hospitals though perhaps not as much market awareness/potential backlash is not NCQA accredited.
NCQA is developing this BA program because they think the market needs it and they can make money on it. I know several people who have been involved in the process and helped develop the program. They state that it works very similarly to WEDI. I think both organizations (NCQA, SNIP) are doing a good job. Both develop ideas (via volunteerism), put them out there, then finalize the ideas as much as they can be finalized through a consensus-driven process in an industry this huge. The market does not "have" to buy into any idea. But sometimes they are useful ideas which help to move the market along. Nothing is more important than moving the market along. Cheers! Best Regards, Miriam J. Paramore President & CEO PCI: e-commerce for healthcare 9001 Shelbyville Road iTRC Building Louisville, KY 40222 502-429-8555 www.hipaasurvival.com =========================================== This email contains confidential information intended only for the named addressee(s). Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person is strictly prohibited. --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-testing as: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
