13 Dec IMAT Solutions Achieves Annual Recertification of Validated Data Stream Designation in NCQA Data Aggregator Validation Program

Validated Data Flows Promote Trust, Support Value-Based Contracting, Ease Quality Measurement Loads

December 13, Pleasant Grove, UT – IMAT Solutions, a leader in delivering innovative, real-time, healthcare data management and population health reporting solutions, announced today that it has earned its annual recertification of its Validated Data Stream designation in the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Data Aggregator Validation (DAV) program in November 2023.

Data streams that earn validation undergo a rigorous, end-to-end look at the quality and integrity of data and the procedures used to manage and safeguard it. From ingestion at primary sources through transmission to end users, the recertification verifies adherence to NCQA process, system and data standards.

“Our ongoing recertification of NCQA Data Aggregator Validation designation reinforces how our platform improves the usability and quality of clinical data for payers and providers,” said Kurt Garbe, CEO of IMAT Solutions. “These expanded capabilities allow payers to achieve meaningful care and business outcomes, while also improving overall HEDIS reporting capabilities and STAR ratings.”

Validation also makes aggregated clinical data streams more valuable. Leveraging the consensus-based HEDIS audit process to prospectively validate clinical data flows, it promotes trust in aggregated clinical data assets and in the insights drawn from these data sources. It is a boost for payer/provider value-based contracting and in combination with new federal technology standards, makes many of its core features truly routine.

The certification allows IMAT’s Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution to ingest the clinical data obtained from provider EMRs on a real-time basis and prepares the data to be used as standard supplemental data in HEDIS reporting. As a result, no primary source verification is required for HEDIS reporting when health plans report data from Data Aggregator Validation validated sources.

Clinical Data Integration (CDI) is the foundation for the IMAT DaaS offering. IMAT Solutions was recently highlighted as a CDI vendor in Gartner’s “Clinical Data Integration Capabilities and Sourcing Recommendations for U.S. Healthcare Payers” report.

For its recertification in November 2023, IMAT Solutions recertified 59 providers across 8 EHR clusters. NCQA successfully certified the data and CCD content via primary source verification. For more information on NCQA validation.

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