NCQA Timeline search NCQA Timeline 1990 - NCQA established as an independent organization with the help and support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the large employer community and the managed care industry's main trade association. 1991 - NCQA conducts first Accreditation survey.
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1995 - NCQA conducts its 300 th accreditation survey. 1995 - NCQA establishes presence on the World Wide Web. 1995 - NCQA introduces its Certification program for Credentials Verification Organizations. Nearly half the nation's HMOs now participate in NCQA's Accreditation program. 1997 - NCQA launches industry's first Accreditation program for Managed Behavioral Health Care Organizations.