NCQA Specialty Practice Recognition Public Comment June 27, 2012 News medical home, National Committee for Quality Assurance , NCQA, Specialty Practice Recognition, SPR 2013 0 Physicians have until July 6 to comment on standards for specialty practices wanting to become part of a patient-centered medical home “neighborhood.” The National Committee for Quality Assurance is seeking comments on proposed Specialty Practice Recognition (SPR) 2013 standards. The program will recognize specialty practices that work with primary care medical homes to coordinate care, provide timely access, use information technology to reduce test duplication and work toward continuous quality improvement. The standards, which should be finalized by early 2013, will align with those for meaningful use bonuses for electronic health records. Primary care practices that have earned medical home recognition from NCQA have been paid additional money from some third-party payers. NCQA expects this also to be possible for specialty practices that become part of the medical home neighborhood. NCQA’s primary care medical home program has recognized at least 4,220 practices. A small number of specialty practices participated. However, interest developed for a framework for non-primary care practices to participate in the model if being the actual medical home was not a good fit. Click on the documents below to see more details about the program. Specialty Practice Recognition (SPR 2013) Public Comment Overview Draft Standards for Specialty Practice Recognition (SPR) 2013 Click here to submit comments about the specialty practices recognition program online between now and July 6. Comments are closed.
