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NCQA Releases 2016 Health Insurance Plan Ratings
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - NCQA is widely known for many things, like ensuring quality and equity in health care. NCQA 2016-2017 Health Plan Ratings But we’re also known for our annual health insurance...
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PCMH Congress: Off to Chicago!
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Off to Chicago! It seems like the entire NCQA team is headed for the Windy City for the PCMH Congress. You may be on your way too. For those who really care about boosting the...
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Peggy O’Kane Opens PCMH Congress: MACRA & Future of PCMH
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Peggy O’Kane just delivered the opening remarks for PCMH Congress, the largest conference focusing on the medical home neighborhood. From Friday until Sunday, more than 1,000...
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PCMH Congress, Day 1: Attendees Were Inspired
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - [View the story “PCMH Congress in Chicago: Day 1 Summary” on Storify] Amy Maciejowski Amy Maciejowski is the Communications Specialist at NCQA. She supports internal and external...
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The Role of PCMH Under MACRA
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - MACRA is monumental. Congress is changing how the government pays providers. The impact is “pretty herculean” according to Adele Allison, the Director of Provider Innovation...
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PCMH to Specialists: Won’t you be my neighbor?
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Won’t you be my neighbor? That’s the question Mister Rogers posed to millions of children as he explained over decades that being a good neighbor is all about helping others....
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PCMH Congress Day 2 is on the books!
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - [View the story “PCMH Congress Day 2 – sustaining and engaging enthusiasm for PCMH!” on Storify] Cindy Peña Cindy is Senior Communications Manager at NCQA. Her focus is building...
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Day 3 PCMH Congress – The Alphabet Soup of Health Care
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - [View the story “Day 3 PCMH Congress – The Alphabet Soup of Health Care Simmers to Perfection! ” on Storify] Cindy Peña Cindy is Senior Communications Manager at NCQA. Her focus...
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Recognize Your Work on National Healthcare Quality Week
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - October 16-22 marks an important week for the health care industry: National Healthcare Quality Week. Presented by the National Association for Healthcare Quality, the week...
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NCQA Policy Team Responds to MACRA Final Rule Release
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Thought you might want to see behind the scenes. The health policy world is abuzz about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) release of the MACRA final rule...
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NCQA – Moving Health Plans Toward Quality Improvement
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We know NCQA’s Health Plan Ratings move health plans toward quality improvement; that’s one reason we collect and publish the data each year. The other reason is to give consumers...
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Quality Talks 2016
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - [View the story “#1 Health Care Conference in DC: Quality Talks” on Storify] Amy Maciejowski Amy Maciejowski is the Communications Specialist at NCQA. She supports internal and...
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Shopping for a Health Plan During Open Enrollment Season?
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Shopping for a Health Plan During Open Enrollment Season? During this open enrollment season, millions of Americans are shopping for a health insurance plan that best fits their...
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We Need You! Public Comment on HEDIS Measures Starts Today!
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We Need You! That’s right, your voice counts at NCQA. We Need You! We take our public comment periods very seriously. We read and consider every response we receive. We are asking...
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PCMH Care Linked to Better Medication Adherence
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - PCMH Care Linked to Better Medication Adherence It has long been suspected there are strong ties between how well patients stay on medications for chronic diseases and health care...
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MACRA: What’s Really in the Final Rule?
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - In October, CMS finalized its rules for the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) that overhauls Medicare payment to clinicians. Since then, our Public Policy...
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What’s Really Killing Us? Asks Alexandra Drane
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - What’s really killing us? Is it heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s. Not quite says Alexandra Drane. “Life Sucks Disease” She knows of another killer…one she calls “Life...
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Going Upstream – Finding What’s Making us Sick
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, The Wonderful Company Dr. Rishi Manchanda says he likes to do the “happy dance” at work – it means he and his team have achieved...
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Treating Addiction Within the Health Care System
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Dr. Nora Volkow knows a few things about treating addiction within the health care system and not just because she’s a doctor and Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse....
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The Election and What it Means for NCQA and Health Care Policy
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - 2016 Election Results and Policy Implications The results of the November 8 elections leave Republicans in control of the White House, US House and US Senate, as well as 33 of the...
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