title: NCQA raises the quality bar for plans--and physicians.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mullen
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection; D017754:Group Purchasing; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000592:standards; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009938:Organizations; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States