Personal health coaching company Gordian Health Solutions, Inc. has received NCQA’s new Wellness & Health Promotion (WHP) Accreditation With Performance Reporting. NCQA WHP Accreditation is a nationally recognized evaluation that purchasers and consumers can use to assess wellness and health promotion programs. Accredited With Performance Reporting status is granted to wellness and health promotion organizations that have submitted a specific number of results for NCQA’s standardized WHP Performance Measures, in addition to meeting or exceeding NCQA’s standards.
Gordian is one of the first companies in the country to receive the new accreditation, which comprehensively evaluates key areas of health promotion, including how wellness programs are implemented in the workplace, how services such as health coaching are provided to help eligible individuals develop skills to make healthy choices, and how sensitive health information of eligible individuals is properly safeguarded.
“NCQA’s Wellness & Health Promotion Accreditation requires organizations to demonstrate their compliance with well-defined standards and quality measures,” said Margaret E. O’Kane, NCQA president. “The NCQA seal will provide employers and consumers with the information they need to choose the best program in their markets.”
According to Christopher H. Hunter, president and CEO at Gordian, “The Gordian team is honored to be an early adopter of the new NCQA Wellness & Health Promotion Accreditation. This accreditation assesses vendors using an evidence-based set of requirements to distinguish quality services, allowing employers to make informed comparisons when choosing among several wellness vendors.”