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Blog Post/Podcast Inside Health Care #60: Dr. Shantanu Nundy and the Lessons Learned from COVID
ncqa.org/blog/inside-health-care-60-dr-shantanu-nundy-and-lessons-learned-from-covid/Dr. Shantanu Nundy traveled the world, working with local communities dealing with the COVID pandemic as best they could. Over the years, he's helped launch…
Blog Post/Podcast NCQA Video: 2020 Innovation Award Winners Present
ncqa.org/blog/ncqa-video-2020-innovation-award-winners-present/NCQA’s Innovation Awards recognize Accredited health plans and Recognized practices for implementing leading-edge strategies that improve both the quality and value of health care. Congratulations to 2020 winners!…
Blog Post/Podcast LTSS Limelight: Home and Community-Based Services Gain State Traction
ncqa.org/blog/ltss-limelight-home-and-community-based-services-gain-state-traction/The LTSS landscape continues to buzz with innovation and promise thanks to the funding provided through ARPA for Medicaid HCBS. For this quarter's Limelight Series, we wanted to…
Blog Post/Podcast Health Equity Measurement in Medicaid: White Paper Examines State of the Field
ncqa.org/blog/health-equity-measurement-in-medicaid-white-paper-examines-state-of-the-field/A new white paper shows that an increasing number of states use explicit equity measurement and accountability in their managed care programs. The paper, which examines state Medicaid programs’ current health…
Blog Post/Podcast Inside Health Care #69: Dr. Susan Beane on Closing Equity Gaps on a Larger Scale
ncqa.org/blog/podcast-inside-health-care-69-dr-susan-beane-on-closing-equity-gaps-on-a-larger-scale/This episode of Inside Health Care features Dr. Susan Beane, Vice President and Executive Medical Director for partnerships and medical outcomes at Healthfirst, Inc. For…
Blog Post/Podcast New Partnership, New Opportunities in Population Health!
ncqa.org/blog/new-partnership/We love it when stars align and new partnerships form. That's what makes us proud to announce that NCQA is now working with the…
Blog Post/Podcast Getting Quality Measurement Right and Bringing Order to Complex Data
ncqa.org/blog/getting-quality-measurement-right/“As we move from fee-for-service to a world of value-based care, accurately…
Blog Post/Podcast Help Us, Help You: Our Strategy to Reduce Burden in MACRA
ncqa.org/blog/help-us-help-you-aci-autocredit/NCQA works hard to address clinicians’ concerns about the burden of quality reporting across multiple payers. And we could use your help. Today, Medicaid and…
Blog Post/Podcast Senate Health Care Proposal: A Public Policy Update
ncqa.org/blog/senate-health-care-proposal-a-public-policy-update/As you likely already know, the Senate Republicans have just released their health care proposal –the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). A vote…
Blog Post/Podcast Measure Up: Hold Ourselves to a Higher Standard
ncqa.org/blog/measure-hold-higher-standard/More than a year ago, I wrote a blog “Trust is Critical When Change is Needed.” To summarize, I concluded that for the push toward…
Blog Post/Podcast NCQA Endorses the “Patient Choice and Quality Care Act”
ncqa.org/blog/ncqa-endorses-the-patient-choice-and-quality-care-act/We’re enthusiastic about new legislation—the Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017—introduced by Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Representative Phil Roe…
Blog Post/Podcast Sharing the Patient-Centered Playbook: A Program for Specialty Practices
ncqa.org/blog/sharing-the-patient-centered-playbook-a-program-for-specialty-practices/Primary care is the foundation of patient care, but it is a just one part of a complex medical system. Specialty practices act as medical…