The Designation demonstrates the accuracy of LANES’ clinical data, helping reduce the
administrative burden of its participants
LOS ANGELES, December TBD, 2025 — LANES, a Qualified Health Information Organization
(QHIO), today announces its clinical data is now validated through the National Committee for
Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Data Aggregator Validation program and has earned the NCQA-
Validated Data Stream Designation. This program evaluates clinical data streams to help ensure
that health plans, providers, government organizations and others can trust the accuracy of
LANES’ aggregated clinical data for use in Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
(HEDIS®) reporting and other quality programs.
“LANES is proud its clinical data has earned this Designation, reaffirming our commitment to the
highest standards in data quality and to the organizations we serve,” said Ali Modaressi, CEO of
LANES. “Our complete, accurate, and high-integrity clinical data is foundational for whole-person
care, quality reporting, and better outcomes. With trusted and reliable information, our
participants can spend more time advancing their respective missions.”
NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. Its Data
Aggregator Validation program evaluates each step in the clinical data lifecycle, including
ingestion, transformation, output, and verification. Key steps of the validation process include:
Process standards review:
•These standards focus on how the data are managed throughout the process.
•Requirements look at things like how the data are ingested, processes for managing the validating data, coding integrity, quality assurance and change management, governance, and data security.
• Primary Source Verification (PSV): The PSV process verifies that the information in the final CCD or Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) file matches the actual original primary source data.
•Conformance to the NCQA guidelines: Output CCD or FHIR files must conform with the implementation guides.
“NCQA’s Data Aggregator Validation program helps identify clinical data that can be trusted and
sets a high bar for how the data are managed,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “We
are excited that organizations like LANES are working to improve trust in clinical data and help
ensure the data’s accuracy and broader usability.”
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About LANES
LANES is a non-profit California Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO). It enables
healthcare and social service providers to seamlessly exchange clinical and behavioral health
information safely and securely, when and where it is needed for patient care, care coordination
and care transitions. Connect with LANES on LinkedIn or visit the LANES website for more
information.
About NCQA
NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA
Accredits and Certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also Recognizes clinicians
and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and
Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care.
NCQA’s website (ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others make
informed health care choices. NCQA can also be found at X @ncqa and on LinkedIn.
HEDIS® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).