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NCQA’s Health Equity Resource Center is Open
ncqa.org/blog/ncqas-health-equity-resource-center-is-open/You can’t miss this resource. It’s like nothing we’ve done before at NCQA. It’s a resource—a field companion—for addressing health equity in your corner of…
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Telehealth and Health Equity: The White Paper
ncqa.org/blog/telehealth-and-health-equity-the-white-paper/We’ve released a new whitepaper covering two of health care’s intersecting priorities. The full text of the white paper, titled The Future of Telehealth Roundtable:…
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Stratified Measures: How HEDIS Can Enhance Health Equity
ncqa.org/blog/stratified-measures-how-hedis-can-enhance-health-equity/Episode 12 in NCQA’s longest and best attended webinar series, The Future of HEDIS, focused on how quality advocates can use HEDIS to investigate, illuminate…
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Top Takeaways from the Health Equity Forum
ncqa.org/blog/top-takeaways-from-the-health-equity-forum/Almost 400 quality advocates from 30 states gathered in Los Angeles March 4-5 for NCQA’s first Health Equity Forum. Day 1 focused on the big-picture…
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Three Stories Illuminate How to Improve Health Equity
ncqa.org/blog/three-stories-illuminate-how-to-improve-health-equity/NCQA Director of Health Equity Dr. Bryan O. Buckley’s remarks to open day 2 of the Health Equity Forum were a highlight of that first-of-its kind event.…
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Coming to Quality Talks: New Ideas on Health Equity
ncqa.org/blog/coming-to-quality-talks-new-ideas-on-health-equity/Quality Talks is only a few weeks away. It's shaping up once again to be the quality calendar's most energizing day all year. We've curated…
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Health Equity Accreditation Plus: 9 Pioneers Show It Works
ncqa.org/blog/health-equity-accreditation-plus-9-pioneers-show-it-works/Seven health plans and two health systems finished a pilot project in September to test new NCQA standards for assessing health equity. By successfully completing…
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Helping CMS Office of Minority Health Advance Health Equity
ncqa.org/blog/helping-cms-office-of-minority-health-advance-health-equity/As we announced on October 23, NCQA has won a $18 million contract from the CMS Office of Minority Health to reduce disparities in health…
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Advancing Health Equity: A New Measurement Framework for Medicaid
ncqa.org/blog/advancing-health-equity-a-new-measurement-framework-for-medicaid/The Bottom Line: Download Advancing Health Equity: A Recommended Measurement Framework for Accountability in Medicaid. Register for the October 11 webinar, A National Conversation on…
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NCQA Seeks Public Comment on Health Equity Accreditation, Physician and Hospital Quality Certification
ncqa.org/blog/ncqa-seeks-public-comment-on-health-equity-accreditation-physician-and-hospital-quality-certification/NCQA seeks feedback on proposed changes to its Accreditation/Certification programs. Review the full details on NCQA’s website. You can submit comments on the following program…
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Empowering Organizations to Address Gaps in Care: Putting Health Equity Analytics Methods into Practice
ncqa.org/blog/empowering-organizations-to-address-gaps-in-care-putting-health-equity-analytics-methods-into-practice/Authors: Rachel Harrington, PhD, Assistant Vice President, Health Equity Sciences, NCQA;Â Alana Burke, MPP, MPH, Director, Quality Measurement and Research Group, NCQA;Â Shawn Trivette, PhD, Data Scientist…
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Kids Smiles: Solving Data Challenges for Health Equity Accreditation
ncqa.org/blog/kids-smiles-solving-data-challenges-for-health-equity-accreditation/We’re excited to share the story of Kids Smiles—the first dental clinic to earn NCQA’s Health Equity Accreditation. Data is key to measuring and improving…