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  1. Inside Health care Episode #016: Tom Curtis, Quality Improvement for Michigan Medicaid

    Published 04.22.2019
    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…

  2. South Carolina Addresses Disparities Through Multicultural Health Care Distinction

    Published 01.12.2021
    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…

  3. Lessons Learned: Real-World Recommendations for Building a Community Resource Referral Platform

    Published 03.03.2021
    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…

  4. CMS Quality Conference: New Digital Deadline, Aligned Priorities

    Published 03.10.2021
    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…

  5. Meet the Quality Talks Speaker: PCORI’s Nakela Cook, MD

    Published 04.02.2021
    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…

  6. New Home and Community-Based Services Funds, NCQA Opportunities

    Published 05.18.2021
    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…

  7. Presentation Recap: Quantifying COVID’s Disruption on SNF Care

    Published 06.17.2021
    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…

  8. Presentation Recap: NCQA Finds Trends in Timely Follow-Up After Hospitalization

    Published 06.17.2021
    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…

  9. NCQA Responds to CMS Plans for All-Digital Quality Future

    Published 07.06.2021
    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…

  10. Digital Quality Summit: FHIR for Dummies (or the Forgetful)

    Published 07.15.2021
    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…

  11. Person-Centered Outcomes: Opportunities for Your Quality Measurement

    Published 08.02.2021
    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…