The DQS Wrap: Actually, It’s a Digital Quality Summit Poem
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - If you were so unlucky to have missed NCQA and HL7’s Digital Quality Summit (DQS), then you need to check out this creative summary. NCQA’s Executive Vice President of the Quality...
View ArticleTaskforce on Telehealth Policy To Release Final Report September 15th
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Save the date! The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy (TTP) releases its final report in a webinar Tuesday, September 15 at 2pm ET. Telehealth Policy: The Background The COVID-19...
View ArticleNeed Help Managing Your PCMH Journey?
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We all need a little advice sometimes. That’s why each health center in the process of attaining NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition is assigned an evaluator....
View ArticleHarnessing Digital Quality Data: What We Told Health Affairs
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We all want better treatment and a vaccine for COVID-19 right away. But one of many things the pandemic highlights is our inability to rapidly turn new scientific evidence into...
View ArticleMeasuring for Equity: The Medicaid Quality Network
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Measuring for equity. In July, NCQA reconvened our Medicaid Quality Network for our largest “gathering” yet. More than 50 participants across 21 states joined NCQA for a virtual...
View ArticleTaskforce on Telehealth Policy: Register Now to See the Report and...
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Seats are filling fast for the Taskforce on Telehealth policy’s (TTP) announcement of its final report and recommendations next week. Mark your calendar now. Register. You won’t...
View ArticleInside Health Care #51: Ashlee Wisdom, of Health In Her Hue, Discusses...
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Ashlee Wisdom of Health In Her Hue In this episode of Inside Health Care, Ashlee Wisdom, CEO and founder of Health In Her Hue, chats with NCQA’s Lawrence Green about the...
View ArticleA New Study Highlights Undiagnosed Kidney Disease in Medicare Beneficiaries
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of those diseases that adds to a long list of health risks to vulnerable populations. Thirty-seven million adults in the United States have...
View ArticleDigital Quality Leaps Forward in Health Information Exchange Pilot
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is pleased to announce a big step forward to boost digital quality and measurement. This follows the success of its new Data...
View ArticleAddressing Disparities: The Path To Health Equity
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - The brutal disparities in health care and social justice laid bare in 2020 demand action. That starts with identifying and understanding the groups being harmed or underserved....
View ArticleHealth Plan Ratings and Accreditation in 2022: Public Comment Period Now Open
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - I’ve said it time and time again. We care about your thoughts on measures, recognitions and all the other things that NCQA does. We have some new ideas concerning Health Plan,...
View ArticleHealth Quality and Equity: The Fellowship
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - It’s that time of year again. NCQA’s once again presenting an opportunity to serve as the Phyllis Torda Health Care Quality and Equity Fellow. And this year, as you may have...
View ArticleQuality Telehealth is Now: Telehealth Distinction
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Recognition? Distinction? You’ve heard of it right? We’re sure you know all about NCQA’s Recognition Programs for Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), released in 2008, and...
View ArticleDriving Health Plan Quality: A Call to Action for Employers
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - It’s a well-known fact that health quality varies greatly across the country. It varies across physicians, hospitals, and – as we know from our own data — health plans. For...
View ArticleNew President, New Opportunities: A Memo to President-Elect Biden
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - With a Biden administration taking office in just a few days, it’s a perfect time to be thinking about the future of healthcare. We thought we could help, by crystalizing our own...
View ArticlePresidential Pitch: Robust, Rapid and Relevant Patient Experience Measurement
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - It’s our life’s work at NCQA. We measure performance to inform health care quality improvement. Measuring patient experience is an essential component. The government long ago...
View ArticleWebinar: Growing Vaccine Crisis Needs Immediate Attention
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - You’re going to want to be there March 4, Noon ET. Register here to join us. The data are devastating and need an immediate response. The pandemic that’s killed more than half a...
View ArticleResearch: The Model Home and The Emergency Room
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We have some Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) research to tell you about. Model Homes: Evaluating Approaches to Patient-centered Medical Home Implementation was just published...
View ArticleLessons Learned: Real-World Recommendations for Building a Community Resource...
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - This post is a direct result of NCQA’s promise to research and recommend resolutions for addressing inequity and the social determinants of health (SDOH). We’re going to want you...
View ArticleMeet the Quality Talks Speaker: Brigham IT Chief Adam Landman, MD
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - NCQA caught up to Dr. Adam Landman as he prepared his Quality Talk. We wanted to find out what is at the top of his mind. What to expect. His reply? We should have known. Digital...
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