Azara Healthcare, the four-time Best in KLAS provider of population health and value-based care solutions for the safety net, announced today that it has received certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for HEDIS® Measure Year (MY) 2026 Health Plan and Allowable Adjustments Measures.
The Healthcare Effectiveness and Data Information Set (HEDIS) measures, as established by the NCQA, are used to evaluate health plans’ clinical quality and customer service. More than 235 million people are enrolled in plans that report HEDIS results, which include measures for physicians, Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs), and other organizations, making it one of healthcare’s most widely used performance improvement tools. Certification validates Azara Healthcare’s quality measures in their calculation of measure performance and care gap reporting.
The certified measures are available within Azara's population health platform, helping providers and health plans accurately monitor quality performance, support value-based care initiatives, and streamline regulatory reporting.
Certification of these HEDIS measures span the following domains:
- Effectiveness of Care
- Utilization and Risk Adjusted Utilization
- Access and Availability of Care
- Electronic Clinical Data System
Azara’s solutions empower healthcare providers to track HEDIS performance, identify care gaps, and implement intervention models that can proactively improve the health of their populations. Together with the newly certified HEDIS measures, Azara maintains one of the industry’s largest active measure libraries with over 800 discrete quality measures, spanning dozens of practice specialties, value-based care programs and regulatory initiatives. This extensive measure library enables organizations to monitor quality performance across multiple payer contracts and reporting programs using a single, trusted platform.
"Receiving NCQA HEDIS Measure Certification for MY2026 reinforces Azara's commitment to delivering trusted, transparent quality measurement that our customers can rely on," said Mary Lantin, Azara’s President & CEO. "As value-based care programs continue to evolve, healthcare organizations need timely, accurate insights to identify care gaps, improve outcomes and confidently report performance. This certification, combined with the breadth of our quality measure library, helps our customers reduce complexity while focusing on what matters most—improving patient care."
For more information about Azara Healthcare and its population health solutions, visit www.azarahealthcare.com
HEDIS® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
NCQA HEDIS Health Plan Measure Certification Program™ is a trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
Media Contact:
Trent Freeman
trent.freeman@insenna.com
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 informed health care choices. NCQA can also be found at Twitter/X @ncqa and on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/ncqa.
About Azara Healthcare
Azara Healthcare, the four-time Best in KLAS provider of population health and value-based care solutions, helps providers and health plans unify clinical, health plan, HIE and social drivers of health data to improve quality, close care gaps, strengthen regulatory reporting and enable more effective payer-provider collaboration. Azara serves federally qualified health centers and other safety-net providers, community and critical access hospitals, physician practices and health plans across the United States.
