What is the Hospital Quality Alliance?

Answer:

The Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) is a public-private collaborative that has representation of hospitals and clinicians, consumer groups, purchasers, accrediting bodies and government agencies.

Its members include:

• AARP
• AFL-CIO
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality  (HHS/AHRQ)
• America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
• American Hospital Association  (AHA)
• American Medical Association  (AMA)
• American Nurses Association  (ANA)
• Association of American Medical Colleges  (AAMC)
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association  (BCBSA)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (HHS/CMS)
• Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project  (CPDP)
• Federation of American Hospitals  (FAH)
• General Electric Company  (GE)
• The Joint Commission
• National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)
• National Association of Public Hospitals (NAPH)
• National Business Coalition on Health  (NBCH)
• National Quality Forum  (NQF)
• U. S. Chamber of Commerce

Last Updated: 4/24/2008