The Future of HEDIS: During and After the Pandemic - September 30, 2021

Discussion on the future of HEDIS during and after the pandemic.

The future of HEDIS focuses on 6 core ideas:

• Allowable Adjustments: New flexibility lets users modify measures without changing their clinical intent.
• Licensing and Certification: Updated requirements ensure accuracy of measure results.
• Digital Measures: HEDIS specifications that download directly into users’ data systems bring new ease.
• Electronic Clinical Data Systems (ECDS): This new reporting method helps clinical data create insight for managing the health of individuals and groups.
• Schedule Change: A new schedule gives users more time by giving them complete measure specs sooner—11 months earlier than the traditional timeline.
• Telehealth: The access to care that telehealth has brought Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic is vital to quality now and after the pandemic.

Learn where HEDIS is headed in this webinar series

• Episode 1 – The Basics: July 12, 2019
  Get the recording, slides and transcript in our archives below.
• Episode 2 – Answering Common Questions: September 27, 2019
  Get answers to common questions about digital measures, ECDS and more. See our archives below.
• Episode 3 – Let’s Get Technical: Digital Measures & ECDS: October 30, 2019
  The discussion gets more technical. See our archives below.
• Episode 4 – 2019 Year in Review: What’s New & What’s Next: December 10, 2019
  Recap of what’s new for HEDIS as well as a look ahead. See our archives below.
• Episode 5 – FHIR® in Our Future: HEDIS and New Data Standards: February 24, 2020
  Discussion of Why FHIR and what NCQA is considering. See our archives below.
• Episode 6 – Telehealth and the Future of Quality: June 29, 2020.
  Discussion on telehealth’s rapid rise during COVID-19 and its implications for quality. See our archives below.
• Episode 7 – Emerging Strategies for Telehealth, HEDIS and NCQA Products: September 24, 2020
  Discussion on telehealth, HEDIS and NCQA’s products. See our archives below.
• Episode 8 – Digital Measures and Health Equity: February 24, 2021
  Discussion on digital measures and health equity. See our archives below.
• Episode 9 – Health Equity: June 22, 2021
  Discussion on using HEDIS to address health disparities.
• Episode 10 – Future of HEDIS During and After the Pandemic: September 30, 2021
  Discussion on the future of HEDIS during and after the pandemic. 

Speakers

Margaret E. O'Kane,
NCQA President

Sarah Shih, MPH
Assistant Vice President, Research & Analysis 

Anne Smith,
Assistant Vice President, Performance Measurement 

Brad Ryan, MD
Chief Product Officer