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Public Comment: NCQA Health Equity Strategy and Health Plan Accreditation...
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) wants your take on our proposed health equity strategy. NCQA also seeks comments on proposed updates to Health Plan...
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Patient-Driven Outcome Goals: New Resources
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We wanted to share some great work and resources produced and led by our friends at Patient Priorities Care (PPC). NCQA works with the PPC Team on our person-driven outcomes...
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Health Equity: NCQA Speaks to Employers
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Over the last several months, we’ve had many conversations with employers who are struggling with how to address health equity for their employees. As purchasers—not providers—of...
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Health Equity: California Dreams for an Equitable Future
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Covered California says its health plans must prioritize health equity – and that NCQA’s Multicultural Health Care Distinction (MHC) will be the quality standard to meet. The...
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The Road to Equity: The Fight Continues
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - During April, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) recognized “National Minority Health Month” and hosted a two-day online forum,...
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New Home and Community-Based Services Funds, NCQA Opportunities
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - The American Rescue Plan Act could be the answer for organizations seeking to create or strengthen Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) programs. The pandemic-fueled rescue...
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NCQA Responds to CMS Plans for All-Digital Quality Future
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - The world learned a million lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic, but one of the most obvious was that our public health data infrastructure is severely inadequate and does little...
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Webinar: Expert Panel Reviews New HCBS Funding for States
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - As we mentioned in an earlier post, recent federal funding is available for states’ Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) programs. This funding provides real opportunities for...
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3 Things to Know About Digital Quality Measures
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - A two-hour crash course about digital measures at the Digital Quality Summit (DQS) Preconference on July 12 gave attendees a practical grounding in a topic that is vital to...
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Feds Predict Quality’s Digital Future
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - It was a jam-packed week at NCQA’s Digital Quality Summit, filled with presentations from national leaders in digital health. On day two, the summit hosted a federal roundtable to...
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Managing Obesity in a Primary Care Setting
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - The Situation Obesity is a serious health condition that leads to or exacerbates other health conditions, including leading causes of death in the United States such as diabetes,...
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Tell Your HEDIS History: A Call for Case Studies
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - NCQA seeks Health Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS) case studies to be featured in our NCQA Blog and the next HEDIS Measurement Year (MY) 2023 Volume 1: Narrative...
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HEDIS 2022: See What’s New, What’s Changed and What’s Retired
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Every year, NCQA updates and releases the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®). This process ensures that HEDIS measures remain relevant and feasible for...
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Specialty Pharmacy: New Accreditation Program, Same Value(s)
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - These are exciting times at NCQA. First, last week’s release of HEDIS® 2022. Now, new products that apply NCQA’s values of measurement, accountability and transparency to new...
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California Again Commits to NCQA Health Plan Accreditation
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We have a huge development to tell you about from the Golden State! It’s official. NCQA is the health plan accreditor for California. Quality Improvement California-Style The...
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HUG: An Embrace for HEDIS Users
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Do you need a Hug? Are you an organization that reports HEDIS measures? Are you a vendor that works with organizations that use HEDIS? Do you want the inside scoop? If you...
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Invitation: HL7’s 35th Annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Our friends at HL7 sent along an invitation to join their annual event with complimentary access. Check out the details. While more than 40 workgroups will convene to focus on...
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New Kidney Health Resources Available Now
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Do you know anyone who has chronic kidney disease (CKD)? Odds are you do. About 37 million adults in the US have CKD. Even worse, nine out of 10 people with CKD are unaware they...
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Inside Health Care #62 – Tavia Rauch on Using Data Exchanges to Improve HEDIS...
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - In this episode of “Inside Health Care,” we hear from a member of the digital media community, Tavia Rauch, head of clinical informatics with the New York e-Health Collaborative....
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Inside Health Care #63, Vanessa Guzman and the Revelations of the Pandemic
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Vanessa Guzman of SmartRise Health A frequent guest on this podcast, SmartRise Health CEO Vanessa Guzman chats with NCQA’s Matt Brock about how the pandemic uncovered pre-existing...
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