Approved By JCAHO & NCQA

Both the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) have approved the National Student Clearinghouse to serve as an agent for colleges and universities participating in DegreeVerify, enabling them to use us as a primary source for academic credential verification.

• The National Student Clearinghouse has been approved by the Joint Commission for use in credentialing medical staff at JCAHO organizations (see page five of the January 2003 Joint Commission Perspectives, which recognizes the Clearinghouse by name).
  

  This is officially noted in the changes to MS.5.4.3.1 through MS.5.4.3.2 published in Update 1 of the 2003 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook, which states: "A primary source may designate another organization as its agent in providing information to verify credentials. The hospital can use this organization as a designated equivalent source."
  

• NCQA Credentialing: An organization may verify credentials through an agent (the National Student Clearinghouse) that contracts with approved sources to provide requested credentialing information.
  

  You may be asked by NCQA to provide documentation indicating that a contractual relationship exists between the Clearinghouse and all DegreeVerify school participants. Such documentation is available to DegreeVerify corporate account members upon request. Please contact the Clearinghouse at degreeverify@studentclearinghouse.org.