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Navigating the Future of Better Health Care Explore the forefront of health care excellence with Quality Matters, the NCQA podcast that delves into digital transformation, health equity, and quality standards, offering actionable insights for industry leaders and innovators.

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20
Chronic Kidney Disease is a Quality Priority
March 20, 2025 |19:00
Benjamin Oldfield, MD, MHS
Chief Medical Officer, Unity Health Care
Chronic kidney disease is common, costly, and often called the silent killer. 
 But chronic kidney disease has not gotten much attention in the quality world—until now.
 We discuss moving chronic kidney disease from the sidelines to the front lines of quality improvement.
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19
Digital Quality Transformation Made Simple
March 5, 2025 |22:17
Ed Yurcisin
Chief Technology Officer, NCQA
Amol Vyas
Vice President, Interoperability, NCQA

In this episode of Quality Matters, host Andy Reynolds and NCQA’s Chief Technology Officer Ed Yurcisin explore the role of high-quality data exchange in quality’s digital transformation. They discuss how digital HEDIS® measurement, and interoperability standards like FHIR®, aren’t just improving quality reporting, but also paving the way for broader advancements. Ed translates the technical […]

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18
Decoding Digital Transformation
February 20, 2025 |17:38
Ed Yurcisin
Chief Technology Officer, NCQA

In this episode of Quality Matters, host Andy Reynolds is joined by Ed Yurcisin, Chief Technology Officer at NCQA, to break down the complexities of digital transformation in health care quality. Ed explains how NCQA’s push for digital measurement cuts through inefficiencies and inconsistencies in assessing quality. Traditionally, HEDIS® quality measures have existed as large, […]

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17
Bundles 101: An Education in Value-Based Care
February 6, 2025 |16:13
Brittany Cunningham, DNP, MSN, RN, CSSBB
Vice President, Episodes of Care and Population Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

On this episode of Quality Matters, host Andy Reynolds is joined by Brittany Cunningham, Vice President of Episodes of Care and Population Health at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to discuss how value-based care is reshaping health care through MyHealth Bundles. By packaging treatments into predictable, all-inclusive bundles, employers save money, patients avoid surprise bills and […]

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Quality’s AI Future is Now
January 22, 2025 |19:53
Aaron Neinstein, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Notable

In this engaging episode of Quality Matters, host Andy Reynolds is joined by Aaron Neinstein, Chief Medical Officer at Notable, to explore how AI is reshaping health care. It’s not all robotic efficiency and cold algorithms. Aaron shares how AI takes over repetitive and data-heavy tasks so doctors can focus on their patients. Imagine spending […]

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