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Blog Post/Podcast Driving Health Plan Quality: A Call to Action for Employers
ncqa.org/blog/driving-health-plan-quality-a-call-to-action-for-employers/It’s a well-known fact that health quality varies greatly across the country. It varies across physicians, hospitals, and – as we know from our own…
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Blog Post/Podcast Helping Employers Use Data to Identify High Quality Health Plans
ncqa.org/blog/helping-employers-use-data-to-identify-high-quality-health-plans/After learning more about the process and criteria with which employers select a health plan, we decided to go on the road (or Zoom in…
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Blog Post/Podcast Reflecting on PRIDE Month: Health Care Disparities
ncqa.org/blog/reflecting-on-pride-month-health-care-disparities/People and organizations everywhere celebrated PRIDE month in June--a time to honor and support the LGBTQ community. PRIDE month was also an occasion to acknowledge…
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Blog Post/Podcast Measure Update: Improving care for individuals receiving palliative care
ncqa.org/blog/measure-update-improving-care-for-individuals-receiving-palliative-care/We have a measure update you should know about. Starting in measurement year 2020, NCQA added a cross-cutting exclusion to 15 HEDIS measures for palliative…
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Blog Post/Podcast Kidney Health: A New HEDIS Measure
ncqa.org/blog/kidneyhealth/AÂ measure that improves kidney health nationwide, especially for those most at risk. That's the vision for the Kidney Health Evaluation for Patients with Diabetes…
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Blog Post/Podcast COVID-19 and Employer Sponsored Health Programs
ncqa.org/blog/covid-19-employer-sponsored-health-programs/The Importance of Employer Sponsored Health Programs During COVID-19 and Beyond The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought many challenges—especially for employers that are trying to…
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Blog Post/Podcast Accreditation & Quality: The Truth is In the Data
ncqa.org/blog/accreditation-quality-the-truth-is-in-the-data-quality-measurement-makes-a-difference/The data tells the story. Quality measurement makes a difference—a big one. Don’t take our word for it. American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) says so.…
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Blog Post/Podcast Angioplasty, Do You Really Need It?
ncqa.org/blog/angioplasty-do-you-really-need-it/Hey, are your arteries blocked? Did your doctor tell you that you need a stent or an angioplasty? It’s unlikely that you need it. An…
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Blog Post/Podcast Public Comment Period is Open February 13 – March 13
ncqa.org/blog/heads-up-hedis-public-comment-opens-next-week/NCQA’s public comment period is open and ready for your input! Public comment is an opportunity for health plans, purchasers, consumers and other stakeholders to…
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Blog Post/Podcast Open Enrollment Season: Choose Quality
ncqa.org/blog/open-enrollment-season-choose-quality/It’s that time of year again. Many of us have to choose a health plan for the upcoming year, at least for those of us…
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Blog Post/Podcast How Does Your Health Plan Stack Up? Check our Health Plan Ratings!
ncqa.org/blog/health-plan-stack-up/Ever wonder if you've chosen the best health plan for you and your family? How does your health plan stack up against others? With so…
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Blog Post/Podcast HEDIS 2022: See What's New, What's Changed and What's Retired
ncqa.org/blog/hedis-2022-see-whats-new-whats-changed-and-whats-retired/Every year, NCQA updates and releases the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®). This process ensures that HEDIS measures remain relevant and feasible for implementation.…