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6 Questions (and Answers) about Value-Based Care
ncqa.org/blog/6-questions-and-answers-about-value-based-care/Recently a journalist asked NCQA leaders for a background briefing about value-based care. Here are the reporter’s six questions and our responses. 1) What are…
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Defining Success in Value-Based Care at the Health Innovation Summit
ncqa.org/blog/defining-success-in-value-based-care-at-the-health-innovation-summit/Find out which organizations are putting the “value” in value-based care at NCQA’s Health Innovation Summit, October 31–November 2, in Nashville, Tennessee. Value-based care is…
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Value-Based Care Needs to Measure What Matters to Patients
ncqa.org/blog/value-based-care-needs-to-measure-what-matters-to-patients/By Brett Kay, Director, Healthcare Quality Strategy, Strategic Customer Group, J&J Innovative Medicine Although there are many ways to measure the quality of care patients…
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Rural Health Transformation Funds Awarded in All 50 States
ncqa.org/blog/rural-health-transformation-funds-awarded-in-all-50-states/The Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program is a $50 billion federal initiative designed to empower states to strengthen rural communities across America.i Authorized under the…
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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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Peggy O'Kane: A Happy, Hopeful Handoff
ncqa.org/blog/peggy-okane-a-happy-hopeful-handoff/This is the last message I will post for the quality community before I retire as president. Some people have wondered whether the podcast series…
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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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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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The YOU FIRST Approach to Quality Measurement
ncqa.org/blog/the-you-first-approach-to-quality-measurement/A new kind of quality measure is gaining traction: Person-Centered Outcome (PCO) measures that focus on measuring what matters to patients. Mounting evidence shows PCO…
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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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“Quality Matters” Podcast: NCQA Tips & Ideas Every 2 Weeks
ncqa.org/blog/quality-matters-podcast-ncqa-tips-ideas-every-2-weeks/Quality Matters, a new biweekly podcast series from NCQA, helps people who care about quality learn what they need to know, so they can help…
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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…