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PORTLAND, Ore. (December 9, 2020) — HealthSparq, a health care guidance and transparency technology companyhas been awarded the NCQA Certification in Physician and Hospital Directories by the National Committee for Quality Assurance during the recent Health Information Product (HIP) Survey for HealthSparq One®. NCQA is the gold standard for health information products, and bcomplying with their requirements, HealthSparq demonstrates maintenance of required systems, documentation, policies and procedures.    

“Here at HealthSparq we put people in the center of everything we do,” said Mark Menton, CEO of HealthSparq. “We are proud of being recognized once again as a company with high standards for performance. It illustrates our commitment to our health plan clients and their members.”  

HealthSparq One is a guidance and transparency platform that delivers personalized experiences to health plan members to guide them through their unique health care journeys. They can explore and compare options for quality providers and venues of care, see cost and timing involved in their treatment and even access care on the spot or schedule it in real time. 

By certifying HealthSparq’s Provider Directory, NCQA recognizes that HealthSparq One achieved substantial performance against the requirements in the Health Information Products 4 (HIP 4) category. Obtaining NCQA HIP 4 certification for provider directories involves a rigorous procedure in which vendors must objectively demonstrate how they comply with each element of the relevant NCQA standard. 

 

About HealthSparq 

At HealthSparq, we empower people to make smarter health care choices by providing cost and quality information about doctors, hospitals, medical services and medications. We put people at the core of everything we do by conducting continuous usability testing, turning consumer research into product innovations, hosting industry panels featuring everyday people, and bringing human stories to the forefront through our #WTFix campaign. Using these insights, we create solutions to help people understand and navigate the health care system better than ever before. 

Growing since our 2012 corporate founding in Portland, Oregon, we now serve more than 80 million people across the country.  

Contact us at HealthSparq.com or tweet us @HealthSparq. 

 

About NCQA 

NCQA is a private, non-profit 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 website (www.ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others make more informed health care choices. 

The NCQA Health Information Product Certification program highlights organizations that provide pharmacy benefit information, health information lines, support for healthy living or physician and hospital directories services to health plans and MBHOs. 

 

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