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Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. Receives NCQA's HEDIS Health Plan Measure Certification for Measurement Year 2022
ALHAMBRA, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. ("ApolloMed," and together with its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, the
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[{"type":"text","content":"ALHAMBRA, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc. (\"ApolloMed,\" and together with its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, the \"Company\") (NASDAQ: AMEH), a leading physician-centric, technology-powered healthcare company focused on enabling providers in the successful delivery of value-based care, today announced that ApolloMed received certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (\"NCQA\") for the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (\"HEDIS®\"), following the development of its new HEDIS engine that identifies HEDIS gaps in care.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nApolloMed was certified by the NCQA HEDIS Health Plan Measure Certification Program™ for the measurement year 2022. This year's certified measures include Hemoglobin A1c Control for Patients with Diabetes (HBD), Blood Pressure Control for Patients with Diabetes (BPD), Kidney Health Evaluation for Patients with Diabetes (KED), Lead Screening in Children (LSC), and Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits (WCV).\nNCQA (www.ncqa.org) is an independent, non-profit organization that accredits and certifies a wide range of healthcare organizations. In addition, NCQA manages the evolution of HEDIS, the healthcare quality measurement tool used by more than 90 percent of health plans in the United States, covering 200 million people.\nThis certification allows ApolloMed to provide services that align with the industry's most rigorous clinical quality measurement processes, resulting in more accurate and timely identification of eligible members and services. Additionally, its new HEDIS engine was designed to increase interpretability and interoperability with other data engines and technologies.\nKevin Buchan, Jr., Ph.D., Director of Analytics of ApolloMed, said, \"It was a challenging yet rewarding journey to implement a new HEDIS engine from scratch using various modern technologies to enhance and streamline the user experience. We made this investment to give our provider partners access to the information that will allow them to better understand how to continue improving upon the high-value care being delivered to their patients.\"\nYubin Park, Ph.D., Chief Analytics Officer of ApolloMed, stated, \"Having received NCQA's certification for the HEDIS measures, we can better align our viewpoints with that of our payers ...