title: NCQA implements new outcomes audit standards.
abstract: Faulty data gathering and auditing techniques have put in question the comparability of HEDIS outcomes standards. The National Center for Quality Assurance has moved to shore up its data's credibility with new auditing standards. A new class of certified auditors must be trained. Until then, the Health Care Financing Administration will have Medicare managed care organizations audited by independent firms.
mesh_terms: D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007255:Information Services; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014481:United States