The NPA is a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) corporation created in 2008 to coordinate a variety of national projects involving the acquisition, analysis and reporting of clinical data from neurosurgical practice, using online technologies.

NPA Objectives:

• Support National Quality Research Efforts, including Comparative Effectiveness Research
• Satisfy Public Reporting Requirements for programs such as PQRS
• Satisfy practice data collection requirements for ABNS primary certification and Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
• Quality improvement
• NPA's most significant quality program is the National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database (N2QOD)