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NCQA Heart-Stroke Physician Recognition Program

To provide physicians with tools to support the delivery and recognition of consistent, high-quality care, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association developed the Heart-Stroke Recognition Program.  This is a voluntary program to help physicians use evidence-based measures and provide excellent care to their patients with cardiovascular diseases.   

Physicians who participate in the program enhance their delivery of high cardiovascular care through the use of a physician and practice evaluation tool and individual physician benchmarking to national cardiovascular performance standards.  Additional resources are provided to participating physicians to help them control cardiovascular diseases in their patients.  The program has five program measures.