San Bernardino, CA – IEHP, Inland Empire Health Plan, earned Excellent Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for service and clinical quality for Medi-Cal and Healthy Families program.

NCQA is the nation’s leading quality monitoring organizations for health plans. Excellent Accreditation is the highest level awarded nationally for exceeding NCQA’s quality improvement, utilization management, members’ rights and responsibilities, and physician credentialing.

“It is partly a health plan’s members that determine whether it earns NCQA’s Excellent Accreditation status,” said Greg Pawlson, M.D., NCQA Executive Vice President. “Any plan that does so should be proud of its accomplishment. It is a sign that the plan’s delivering great service and great care – it’s met the toughest test in managed care.”

“NCQA’s accreditation program is thorough and rigorous,” said IEHP CEO Richard Bruno. “This recognition of excellence truly reflects our commitment to deliver quality health care to our Members. All our participating physicians, clinics, and IEHP Team Members share the credit for excellence.”

NCQA’s highest accreditation outcome is granted only to those health plans that demonstrate excellent levels of clinical quality, and member satisfaction. “Earning Excellent Accreditation by NCQA validates our continuing efforts to ensure our Members get the best healthcare,” said IEHP Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bradley Gilbert. “This places IEHP in the highest range of national performance in the healthcare industry, and we are proud to be recognized by the NCQA.”

Today IEHP has served over 800,000 Inland Empire residents, and it has evolved into a nationally recognized leader in managed care. IEHP will continue its partnerships with the medical community and community-based organizations to deliver quality care to Members.

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IEHP, Inland Empire Health Plan, a Knox-Keene licensed Health Plan located in San Bernardino, California, is organized as a not-for-profit public agency. The IEHP service area includes San Bernardino and Riverside Counties and currently cares for over 300,000 Members in the following Programs:  Medicaid (called Medi-Cal in California), the Healthy Families Program, Healthy Kids, and the Commercial Group Plan.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is a private non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations and manages the evolution of HEDIS^®, the performance measurement tool used by more than 90 percent of the nation’s health plans. NCQA is committed to providing health care quality information through the Web and the media in order to help consumers, employers and others make more informed health care choices.