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Blog Post/Podcast Meet the Quality Talks Speaker: Equity Researcher Marcee Wilder, MD

Published 04.18.2021
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NCQA caught up with Marcee Wilder, MD, MS, MPH, just before her compelling presentation at Quality Talks 2021.  There's just one day left to register.…

Blog Post/Podcast Health Equity: Covid Disparities Prompt States to Require NCQA Accountability

Published 05.05.2021
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The goal is real health equity. As health disparities continue to emerge in the wake of the COVID-19 public health emergency, multiple states are taking…

Blog Post/Podcast The Road to Equity: The Fight Continues

Published 05.17.2021
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During April, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) recognized “National Minority Health Month” and hosted a two-day online…

Blog Post/Podcast Presentation Recap: NCQA Opioid Addiction Study Makes Clear the Health Equity Crisis

Published 06.17.2021
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The more we look for them, the more we find that issues with Health Equity present a huge challenge in the United States. A recent…

Blog Post/Podcast Presentation Recap: NCQA Chronic Pain Study May Have Health Equity Implications

Published 06.17.2021
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If someone in America is disabled, chronic pain is usually why. Guideline recommend that clinicians use structured assessments to check how pain affects patients’ ability…

Blog Post/Podcast NCQA Attends National Health Equity Summit

Published 06.21.2021
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LGBTQIA+ health, racism, COVID-19, big data. These are just a few of the topics discussed at the virtual National Health Equity Summit last week.   The 4-day event, supported by The Commonwealth Fund, brought together a variety of innovative healthcare…

Blog Post/Podcast Bridge the Data Gap: NCQA's Research Experience Supports Employers' Health Equity Effort

Published 09.20.2021
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Employers frequently tell us the biggest roadblock to their health equity effort is identifying health disparities among their employee population. Knowing that disparities exist is…

Blog Post/Podcast NCQA Speaks to Employers: “Redesigning Through an Equity Lens”

Published 09.27.2021
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On August 26, we had the pleasure of speaking at the Memphis Business Group on Health’s virtual conference, Redesigning for Results. The conference highlighted many…

Blog Post/Podcast Inside Health Care #64: Keirsha Thompson, LaToshia Rouse, & Bridging Health Equity Through Quality Measurement

Published 10.06.2021
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In September 2021, Health Affairs, the esteemed journal of health policy, published a significant paper in their online blog, titled “A New Effort To Address…

Blog Post/Podcast Equity Aid: Feds Can Improve Race, Ethnicity Data Collection

Published 10.19.2021
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New analysis recommends practical steps the federal government can take to improve how it collects and uses data to advance health equity. Federal Action Is…

Blog Post/Podcast Future of HEDIS Webinar: Pandemic Results, Health Equity and Digital, Digital, Digital

Published 10.20.2021
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The September 30 installment of NCQA’s best-attended webinar series, The Future of HEDIS, illuminated four new areas of knowledge for the growing universe of HEDIS…

Blog Post/Podcast Inside Health Care #65: Dr. Rachel Harrington on Health Equity and "What's Measured...Matters."

Published 10.20.2021
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Why do the issues of Health Equity persist? If agencies and NGOs have spent years identifying gaps in care for minority groups in the U.S.,…