UnitedHealthcare of California Awarded National Committee for Quality Assurance Health Equity Accreditation
February 07 2024 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
UnitedHealthcare of California’s commercial HMO plan has been
awarded Health Equity Accreditation by the National Committee for
Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, nonprofit organization
dedicated to improving health care quality. This accreditation is
granted to organizations that lead the market in working to reduce
health care disparities by providing culturally appropriate and
quality improvement interventions that serve diverse
populations.
“Our statewide health plan is genuinely committed to ensuring
that our commercial members across California have access to
quality, equitable health care,” said Steve Cain, chief executive
officer, Employer & Individual, UnitedHealthcare of California.
“We are so honored to be recognized with an NCQA Health Equity
Accreditation highlighting our team’s dedication to helping people
live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work
better for everyone.”
Health Equity Accreditation is a nationally recognized
accreditation that purchasers, regulators and consumers can use to
distinguish organizations that meet rigorous standards in serving a
diverse population. These NCQA standards include:
- Building an internal culture that supports the organization’s
external health equity work.
- Collecting data that help the organization create and offer
language services and provider networks mindful of individuals’
cultural and linguistic needs.
- Identifying opportunities to reduce health inequities and
improve care.
“The prevalence of racial and ethnic disparities has been a
barrier to improving the quality of health care of many Americans
for too long,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane.
“Organizations achieving Health Equity Accreditation are leaders in
closing this gap, and NCQA commends them for their dedication.”
In California, UnitedHealthcare serves more than 2.7 million
people enrolled in employer-sponsored, individual and Medicare
plans, with a network of 468 hospitals and nearly 140,000
physicians and care providers statewide.
To learn more about UnitedHealth Group’s commitment to
addressing health equity, visit uhg.com. For more information about
NCQA, visit www.ncqa.org.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people live healthier
lives and making the health system work better for everyone by
simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care
providers. In the United States, UnitedHealthcare offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers, and
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with
more than 1.6 million physicians and care professionals, and 8,000
hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. The company also
provides health benefits and delivers care to people through owned
and operated health care facilities in South America.
UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group
(NYSE: UNH), a diversified health care company. For more
information, visit UnitedHealthcare at www.uhc.com or follow
UnitedHealthcare on LinkedIn.
About NCQA
NCQA is a private, nonprofit 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 Healthcare
Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely
used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA’s website
(ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and
others make more-informed health care choices. NCQA can be found
online at ncqa.org, on X at @ncqa, on Facebook at
facebook.com/NCQA.org/ and on LinkedIn at
linkedin.com/company/ncqa.
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Lisa Contreras Regional Communications Director
UnitedHealthcare, West Region Lisa_Contreras@uhc.com
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