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Blog Post/Podcast Presentation Recap: Quantifying COVID’s Disruption on SNF Care

Published 06.17.2021
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People who care about quality and how to pay for it are interested in what happened at Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) during the pandemic’s early…

Blog Post/Podcast Presentation Recap: NCQA Finds Trends in Timely Follow-Up After Hospitalization

Published 06.17.2021
ncqa.org/blog/poster-recap-ncqa-finds-trends-in-timely-follow-up-after-hospitalization/

COVID-19 presented many challenges for medical professionals when providing care to patients – including discharge timely follow-up visits after hospitalizations but with telehealth, some of…

Blog Post/Podcast NCQA Responds to CMS Plans for All-Digital Quality Future

Published 07.06.2021
ncqa.org/blog/ncqa-responds-to-cms-plans-for-all-digital-quality-future/

The world learned a million lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic, but one of the most obvious was that our public health data infrastructure is severely…

Blog Post/Podcast Digital Quality Summit: FHIR for Dummies (or the Forgetful)

Published 07.15.2021
ncqa.org/blog/digital-quality-summit-fhir-for-dummies-or-the-forgetful/

Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resources (FHIR) comes up a lot in discussions of digital quality measurement. But how many people who work in quality can say…

Blog Post/Podcast Kickoff: NCQA President Opens Digital Quality Summit

Published 07.15.2021
ncqa.org/blog/kickoff-ncqa-president-opens-digital-quality-summit/

The Digital Quality Summit is underway. The three-day event kicked off with an exciting opening session including opening remarks from NCQA’s president and founder, Peggy…

Blog Post/Podcast Person-Centered Outcomes: Opportunities for Your Quality Measurement

Published 08.02.2021
ncqa.org/blog/person-centered-outcomes-opportunities-for-your-quality-measurement/

There is consensus. Using measures to ascertain the quality of delivered health care is a good thing. However, there are concerns too. Are there too…

Blog Post/Podcast HEDIS 2022: See What's New, What's Changed and What's Retired

Published 08.03.2021
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.…

Blog Post/Podcast Hospital at Home: 7 Lessons

Published 08.11.2021
ncqa.org/blog/hospital-at-home-7-lessons/

One of July’s most popular Quality Innovation Series webinars was Hospital at Home: A Leading Care Model for the Future? Four enthusiastic and knowledgeable leaders…

Blog Post/Podcast Inside Health Care #61: NCQA Torda Fellow Kevin Wiley & Crunching Data for Care Coordination

Published 08.26.2021
ncqa.org/blog/inside-health-care-61-ncqa-torda-fellow-kevin-wiley-and-crunching-data-for-care-coordination/

Kevin Wiley, NCQA’s new Phyllis Torda Health Care Quality and Equity Fellow, researches solutions for improving care delivery and coordination for minority communities. Kevin chats…

Blog Post/Podcast Inside Health Care #60: Dr. Shantanu Nundy and the Lessons Learned from COVID

Published 08.26.2021
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Dr. Shantanu Nundy traveled the world, working with local communities dealing with the COVID pandemic as best they could. Over the years, he's helped launch…

Blog Post/Podcast California Again Commits to NCQA Health Plan Accreditation

Published 09.03.2021
ncqa.org/blog/california-again-commits-to-ncqa-health-plan-accreditation/

We have a huge development to tell you about from the Golden State! It's official. NCQA is the health plan accreditor for California. Quality Improvement…

Blog Post/Podcast Inside Health Care #63: Vanessa Guzman and the Revelations of the Pandemic

Published 09.22.2021
ncqa.org/blog/inside-health-care-63-vanessa-guzman-and-the-revelations-of-the-pandemic/

A frequent guest on this podcast, SmartRise Health CEO Vanessa Guzman chats with NCQA’s Matt Brock…