CVS Caremark received Health Information Products (HIP) Certification from the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA), for providing comprehensive pharmacy benefits information to its members. The certification was implemented on July 15, 2020, and will go through July 15, 2022. This marks the second consecutive two-year HIP Certification from the NCQA.
This helps affirm that CVS Caremark, through our Caremark website and customer call center, provides members with the information they need to understand and optimize their pharmacy benefits. NCQA's HIP Certification is a quality assessment program that health plans can use to help evaluate health care organizations that develop and provide content, tools and services to plan members.
This certification further underscores our ability to provide accessible and accurate pharmacy benefit information to the members we serve on behalf of our clients.
“Earning NCQA’s HIP Certification demonstrates that an organization has expertise in gathering and disseminating health care information for members,” said Lisa Slattery, Vice President, Accreditation and Recognition Operations, NCQA.”
CVS Caremark provides pharmacy benefit information to members by mail, digitally and telephonically. This can include information about a member's prescriptions, drug coverage and plan design, such as in-network pharmacy locations and mail-order options.
HIP Certification is a voluntary review process in which NCQA evaluated CVS Caremark’s management of various aspects of its data collection and systems operation, and the process the company uses to continuously improve the services it provides. The HIP review includes rigorous evaluations conducted by a team of health care professionals. A national oversight committee of physicians analyzes the team's findings and determine certification based on the HIP organization's compliance with NCQA standards.
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 contains information to help consumers, employers and others make more informed health care choices.
Learn more about the pursuit of higher quality through third-party accreditations.