NCQA Grants Patient and Practitioner Oriented Accreditation to SynCare Promise Program(TM) for Prenatal Care

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- SynCare, LLC has received National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient and Practitioner Oriented Full Accreditation for its high-risk pregnancy program, the SynCare Promise Program™ for Prenatal Care.

Employers, consumers, regulators, and health plans turn to NCQA Accreditation as the gold standard in evaluating health care quality. A voluntary process in Indiana, NCQA Accreditation is a rigorous, comprehensive, and transparent evaluation process through which the quality of the systems, processes, and results that define a disease management company is assessed.

"NCQA Accreditation standards are intended to help organizations achieve the highest level of performance possible, reduce patient risk, and create an environment of continuous improvement," noted Stephanie DeKemper, SynCare CEO. "I commend our leadership team and staff for this remarkable achievement."

A flagship program for SynCare, the Promise Program is devised to improve clinical outcomes for expectant mothers and their newborns. Goals of the multi-faceted prenatal care program are to:

• Increase early access to prenatal care
• Improve compliance with routine prenatal care and proper nutrition
• Improve compliance with prescribed medications including prenatal vitamins
• Reduce related medical expenses associated with complications in pregnancy
• Increase birth weights and gestational age at delivery
• Decrease NICU admissions and length of stay

"NCQA DM Accreditation demonstrates that an organization is well suited to deliver programs to manage care for the seriously or chronically ill. And it's a difficult test -- it says a lot that an organization is willing to step forward to be reviewed." said NCQA Executive Vice President Greg Pawlson, M.D.

ABOUT SYNCARE LLC (www.syncarellc.com)

SynCare, LLC® is an innovator in disease and case management with discrete expertise in managing asthma, diabetes, prenatal, obesity and other chronic co-morbid conditions.  SynCare's flexible and scalable services are designed to improve the health and well-being of Medicaid patients, providing additional resources to primary care and specialty providers. A Certified Minority Business Entity in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia, SynCare is dedicated to delivering culturally competent, effective programs and services that improve evidence-based outcomes and reduce costs. For more information, visit www.SynCareLLC.com or call (317) 755-4017.  

ABOUT THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE (NCQA) (www.ncqa.org)

Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2010, 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 recognizes physicians in key clinical areas.  NCQA's Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care.  NCQA is committed to providing health care quality information through the Web, media and data licensing agreements in order to help consumers, employers and others make informed health care choices.

Editorial Note:

For photo files, or to schedule an interview with SynCare CEO Stephanie DeKemper, please contact:

Kim LaSalle at 317-577-1804; [email protected]

SOURCE SynCare, LLC