With third-party payors and pharmaceutical manufacturers often requiring that specialty pharmacies obtain accreditation from multiple accrediting bodies, there’s a new player in the space: the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
“Specialty pharmacy is growing, both nominally and as a percentage of total pharmacy spend, and we felt that this is [an opportunity] for expansion,” said Brad Ryan, MD, NCQA’s chief product officer. “For some time,