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Look Who Embodies Data Interoperability’s Link to Quality
ncqa.org/blog/look-who-embodies-data-interoperabilitys-link-to-quality/Recognition that KONZA National Network received at the December 2023 annual meeting of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) confirms…
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What CMS’s New Interoperability Rules Mean for Quality
ncqa.org/blog/what-cmss-new-interoperability-rules-mean-for-quality/We’ve announced that we heartily agree with new rules CMS released last week to advance nationwide data interoperability. The rules: Mandate specific APIs for health data exchange. Lay…
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NCQA Fireside Chat: Charting the Future of Health Care Interoperability
ncqa.org/blog/ncqa-fireside-chat-charting-the-future-of-health-care-interoperability/Earlier this year, ASTP (formerly ONC) celebrated its 20th anniversary, marking both the progress made in health IT and the continued realization of ASTP’s vision…
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NCQA’s 2026 Trends to Watch
ncqa.org/blog/ncqas-2026-trends-to-watch/It’s a new year, and the NCQA team is ready to take on some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. We’ve compiled a list of our key…
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State Innovations in Behavioral Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities
ncqa.org/blog/state-innovations-in-behavioral-care-challenges-and-opportunities/Behavioral healthcare in the U.S. faces many barriers to improved access and quality, including financial,…
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Person-Centered Care and the Move to Digital Measurement
ncqa.org/blog/person-centered-care-and-the-move-to-digital-measurement/Driving innovation to promote person-centered care was one topic in a recent CMS request for information about Medicare Advantage. NCQA’s response emphasized data exchange…
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NCQA Responds to ONC USCDI+ Behavioral Health Draft Dataset
ncqa.org/blog/ncqa-responds-to-onc-uscdi-behavioral-health-draft-dataset/NCQA’s comment on the pivotal ONC USCDI+ Behavioral Health draft dataset was supportive and offered actionable feedback to improve: Data element completeness and specificity. Ease…
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Why “Sync for Social Needs”
ncqa.org/blog/why-sync-for-social-needs/Unmet social needs have a profound impact on the health of Americans and on our healthcare system. To improve health, we must address those needs.…
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Introducing: NCQA on FHIR
ncqa.org/blog/introducing-ncqa-on-fhir/People in health care are learning about Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®)—bedrock technology for measuring quality. As the first post in a new blog series,…
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Now We Can Validate Your FHIR Data
ncqa.org/blog/now-we-can-validate-your-fhir-data/NCQA now validates FHIR output files as part of our Data Aggregator Validation program. We announced in early August we’ve expanded our Data Aggregator service to…
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Making Data Useful: See It at the Summit
ncqa.org/blog/making-data-useful/“Making Data Useful” is one of six focused topics at our Health Innovation Summit 2023. The Trouble With Today’s Health Data Remember when health data…
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Retiring and Replacing HEDIS Measures, 2024-2026
ncqa.org/blog/retiring-and-replacing-hedis-measures-2024-2026/We want to evolve HEDIS as the best performance measurement system for: Improving health equity. Supporting new models of care delivery. With that goal in…