Trillium Community Health Plan Receives NCQA Health Equity Accreditation
Date: 10/25/23
Trillium is the first Coordinated Care Organization in Oregon awarded this accreditation.
Trillium Community Health Plan (Trillium) is the first Coordinated Care Organization in Oregon to be awarded Health Equity Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Health Equity Accreditation recognizes organizations that lead the market in providing culturally and linguistically sensitive services, and work to reduce health care disparities.
NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation evaluates how well an organization complies with standards in the following areas: organizational readiness; race/ethnicity, language, gender identity and sexual orientation; access and availability of language services; practitioner network cultural responsiveness; culturally and linguistically appropriate services programs; and reducing health care disparities.
“Trillium Community Health Plan is dedicated to advancing health equity and ensuring access to culturally responsive whole health care for the Oregon Health Plan members we serve,” said Sarah Kelley Brewer, Trillium plan president and CEO. “We have demonstrated our ongoing commitment to implementing processes, programs and services that address the specific needs of our diverse local communities and improve health outcomes. We’re proud to be awarded NCQA Health Equity Accreditation.”
Health Equity Accreditation focuses on the foundation of health equity work: building an internal culture that supports the organization’s external health equity work; collecting data that help the organization create and offer language services and provider networks mindful of individuals’ cultural and linguistic needs; identifying opportunities to reduce health inequities and improve care.
“Earning Health Equity Accreditation shows that an organization is making a breakthrough in providing excellent health care to diverse populations. I congratulate any organization that achieves this level of distinction,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care is essential to improving the quality of care overall.”
For more information about Trillium’s programs and services, visit the Trillium website.
About Trillium Community Health Plan
Trillium Community Health Plan serves Oregon Health Plan members through the CCO model, which began in 2012. Trillium is a recognized leader for outstanding coordination of care. It was first awarded a contract with the state of Oregon to help manage care for the Oregon Health Plan in 1999. Trillium partners with an extensive group of providers to improve care and access to services for OHP members. For more information, please visit the Trillium website.
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 more-informed health care choices. NCQA can be found online at ncqa.org, on Twitter @ncqa, on Facebook at facebook.com/NCQA.org/ and on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/ncqa.