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NCQA Files Comments on MACRA Final Rule
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Ever since the release of MACRA final rule in November, it’s been MACRA mania in the NCQA offices. The bipartisan regulation supports the transition to paying clinicians for the...
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Beyond Moonshot to Curing Cancer
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Beyond Moonshot to Curing Cancer Otis Brawley knows about cancer. An oncologist who grew up in inner-city Detroit, Brawley worked in the largest public hospital in America, where...
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Guest Blog: A Survivor’s Advice on Gifting for a Loved One with Cancer
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Our guest blog author, Heather Von St. James, is an 11 year mesothelioma cancer survivor who was diagnosed at the age of 36, far younger than the average mesothelioma victim. At...
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Our Top Stories of 2016
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Hello 2017! Before we begin the new year, we want to reflect a little on 2016. Throughout the year, we updated our blog with all the recent news and hot topics in health care....
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Round 2: Another Opportunity for NCQA Practices to Gain Support
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is starting the new year off strong. It just announced the new strategy and plan for round two of the Comprehensive Primary...
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Improving Health Care Access and Delivery for Everyone
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Improving Health Care Access and Delivery for Everyone Improving health care access and delivery for everyone is a top priority for us at NCQA. And there’s a lot of work to be...
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Celebrating Heart Health Month and Your Health Plan!
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Happy Heart Health Month! Celebrating Heart Health Month and Your Health Plan!NCQA is celebrating Heart Health Month and your health plan! Good health plans—often, the key to...
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PCMH 2017 Standards Preview Webinar
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We’re releasing the new NCQA PCMH 2017 standards on April 3. In order to keep current and future clients “in the know,” we held a preview webinar on January 25 to provide an...
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We Join the Rallying Call for Value-Based Care
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - What do managed health care and ATMs have in common? They’re both based on systems designed 50 years ago. Even though ATMs are still around, they’re no longer the only game in...
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HEDIS 2018 Public Comment Period is Open
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - HEDIS 2018 Public Comment Period is Open! That’s right, our HEDIS 2018 public comment period is open and ready for your input! We are inviting the public to comment on new and...
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Reaching Milestones in Electronic Clinical Quality Measures
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - At NCQA, we’re proud of our work. For more than 25 years, our quality measures have ensured that health plans deliver the best care to their members. Now we are expanding our...
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What Role Does LTSS Play in Integrated Care?
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - “For Sale: Volumes 4, 5 and 6 of Encyclopedia Britannica. Everything you need to know, from D to K (Da Vinci through Kung Fu).” There’s a reason you don’t see many offers like...
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We Need Your Comments on Updates to Health Plan Accreditation for 2018
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We can’t do it without you! We need your comments on updates to Health Plan Accreditation for 2018. Each year, NCQA opens a public comment period for accreditation products...
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MACRA: What Measures Are Right For You?
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - MACRA is here. The concepts are now reality. Passed in 2015, MACRA institutes two new physician payment methods: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative...
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HEDIS Learning Collaborative and ECDS Google Hangout
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - On February 23, 2017, NCQA hosted a google hangout to share experiences and findings from the HEDIS Learning Collaborative. It was a huge success with over 750 people signed up to...
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Communicate: 5 Tips for Effective Clinician-Patient Communication
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - A doctor’s ability to communicate effectively with his patients can have a profound effect on health outcomes, patient satisfaction and overall experience. “But good communication...
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Can we Celebrate Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month?
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Colorectal Cancer is definitely not something to celebrate, but the great strides we are making toward early detection, screening, prevention and awareness is something to cheer...
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PCMH Recognition Redesign: Recommended Reading
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - It’s now just a matter of days before NCQA officially unveils its Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition redesign and the annual reporting process. As you might guess,...
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PCMH Pointers: Do’s and Don’ts of Patient Satisfaction Surveys
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - One of the most efficient—and data rich—ways to gather feedback on the patient experience, a PCMH requirement, is through formal patient satisfaction surveys. That said, the...
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Quality Talks: Speaker Hubs
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - One of the most popular features of Quality Talks—in addition to hearing the fresh perspectives of speakers who labor on the frontiers of health care innovation—are its Speaker...
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