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Inside Health care Episode #016: Tom Curtis, Quality Improvement for Michigan Medicaid
ncqa.org/blog/podcast-inside-healthcare-episode-016-tom-curtis-quality-improvement-michigan-medicaid/On this edition of Inside Healthcare, catch up with our friend Tom Curtis, Senior Manager of Quality Improvement for the Michigan State Dept. of Health…
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Inside Health Care #55: Dr. Douglas Jacobs, Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services Chief Innovation Officer
ncqa.org/blog/podcast-inside-health-care-55-dr-douglas-jacobs-pennsylvanias-department-of-human-services-chief-innovation-officer/In this episode of Inside Health Care, Dr. Douglas Jacobs, Chief Innovation Officer of Pennsylvania’s Department of Human…
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South Carolina Addresses Disparities Through Multicultural Health Care Distinction
ncqa.org/blog/south-carolina-addresses-disparities-through-multicultural-health-care-distinction/The new year will bring some new goals for health plans in the state of South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Health and Human…
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Lessons Learned: Real-World Recommendations for Building a Community Resource Referral Platform
ncqa.org/blog/recommendations-for-community-resource-referral-platform/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…
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CMS Quality Conference: New Digital Deadline, Aligned Priorities
ncqa.org/blog/cms-quality-conference-new-digital-deadline-aligned-priorities/We can’t let a full week close before we congratulate CMS on its successful annual Quality Conference. We’re enthusiastic supporters of much of what we…
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Meet the Quality Talks Speaker: PCORI’s Nakela Cook, MD
ncqa.org/blog/meet-the-quality-talks-speaker-pcoris-nakela-cook/NCQA visited (remotely) with Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, last week. She is one of ten informative and inspiring speakers in the 2021 Quality Talks…
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New Home and Community-Based Services Funds, NCQA Opportunities
ncqa.org/blog/hcbs-opportunity/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 plan increases federal matching rates (FMAP) for Medicaid HCBS spending by…
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Presentation Recap: Quantifying COVID’s Disruption on SNF Care
ncqa.org/blog/poster-recap-quantifying-covids-disruption-on-snf-care/People who care about quality and how to pay for it are interested in what happened at Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) during the pandemic’s early…
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Presentation Recap: NCQA Finds Trends in Timely Follow-Up After Hospitalization
ncqa.org/blog/poster-recap-ncqa-finds-trends-in-timely-follow-up-after-hospitalization/COVID-19 presented many challenges for medical professionals when providing care to patients – including discharge timely follow-up visits after hospitalizations but with telehealth, some of…
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NCQA Responds to CMS Plans for All-Digital Quality Future
ncqa.org/blog/ncqa-responds-to-cms-plans-for-all-digital-quality-future/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…
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Digital Quality Summit: FHIR for Dummies (or the Forgetful)
ncqa.org/blog/digital-quality-summit-fhir-for-dummies-or-the-forgetful/Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resources (FHIR) comes up a lot in discussions of digital quality measurement. But how many people who work in quality can say…
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Person-Centered Outcomes: Opportunities for Your Quality Measurement
ncqa.org/blog/person-centered-outcomes-opportunities-for-your-quality-measurement/There is consensus. Using measures to ascertain the quality of delivered health care is a good thing. However, there are concerns too. Are there too…