09 Mar Health Payers: Before and After Data Aggregator Validation (DAV)

For health payers, the need for data aggregation is coming more into the forefront. In fact, health data vendors that have achieved the Data Aggregator Validation (DAV) program designation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) are completely changing the health data landscape for payers.

For example, IMAT Solutions is the first, and currently only, technology company to achieve full DAV designation from NCQA.

“NCQA’s Data Aggregator Validation program helps identify clinical data that can be trusted and sets a high bar for how the data are managed,” said NCQA President, Margaret E. O’Kane. “We are excited that organizations like IMAT Solutions are working to improve trust in clinical data and help ensure the data’s accuracy and broader usability.”

As highlighted by Healthcare Dive, the designation of the IMAT platform will provide DAV-validated clinical data for more than 50 primary sites. This represents primary care providers for more than 70 percent of the AE-attributed Medicaid beneficiaries in Rhode Island. This capability is being extended to a larger audience of health payers across the U.S., as DAV-validated data becomes more accepted in the marketplace.

With this in mind, it’s ideal to fully understand the fundamental differences between payers who are leveraging DAV capabilities versus those that aren’t.

Data from data streams validated by NCQA can be used as standard supplemental data in HEDIS reporting, eliminating the need for primary source verification (PSV) during the HEDIS audit process. This saves time and money for aggregators, provider organizations and health plans.

In the coming weeks, we will be announcing more news around IMAT Solution’s DAV capabilities for payers. In the meantime, please contact us for more information.