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Blog Post/Podcast Highest-Rated Health Insurance Plans in Illinois

Published 10.02.2019
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  Each year NCQA rates more than 1,000 health insurance plans in all 50 states. Below is information on the top health insurance plans in Illinois.…

Blog Post/Podcast Health care Quality Congress 2019

Published 10.10.2019
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Dallas delivered a quality time. NCQA’s Director of HEDIS Policy Cindy Ottone framed it from the podium. The Health Care Quality Congress is a HEDIS-geek safe…

Blog Post/Podcast State Briefing: HPA 2020 and HEDIS Changes

Published 10.17.2019
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Last week, NCQA’s State Affairs Department held a briefing for state officials on upcoming changes to Health Plan Accreditation (HPA) 2020 and the Healthcare Effectiveness…

Blog Post/Podcast Apervita: A Report from Quality Congress

Published 10.31.2019
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Quality is in the eye of the beholder. NCQA’s Health care Quality Congress is an experience that no health care professional should miss. Quality improvement…

Blog Post/Podcast Why You Need to Ask, “Is this Health Plan Accredited?"

Published 11.26.2019
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When an employer is looking to select a health plan, one of the first questions they ask should be, “Is this health plan accredited?” Accredited…

Blog Post/Podcast Person-Centered Care in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama

Published 01.29.2020
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NCQA traveled to Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, to learn how the state’s Medicaid Agency is spearheading an effort to improve the quality of care at…

Blog Post/Podcast How Does Your Health Plan Rate?

Published 02.24.2020
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Did you know that in 2019 NCQA rated over 1,000 health plans based on clinical quality and patient satisfaction, as well as on results from…

Blog Post/Podcast Coronavirus and NCQA

Published 03.18.2020
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Based on ongoing updates from the CDC and other authorities, we have enacted these policies for NCQA staff, contractors and events. We are prepared to conduct…

Blog Post/Podcast Inside Health Care #0035: Delia Brand, Alabama Area Agencies on Aging

Published 04.01.2020
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In this episode of “Inside Health Care,” Delia Brand, Director of Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging (AAA), and Matt Brock, NCQA Communications…

Blog Post/Podcast COVID-19 and Employer Sponsored Health Programs

Published 04.22.2020
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The Importance of Employer Sponsored Health Programs During COVID-19 and Beyond The COVID-19 global pandemic has brought many challenges—especially for employers that are trying to…

Blog Post/Podcast COVID-19, LTSS & Emergency Preparedness

Published 05.08.2020
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If COVID-19 hasn’t taught us anything else, it’s taught us the importance of emergency preparedness. This is why emergency preparedness planning is a critical aspect of…

Blog Post/Podcast NCQA Talks with Employers About the Health Plan Selection Process

Published 08.13.2020
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Over the last year, we learned several ways that employers are addressing health care quality. From implementing new programs to help identify and steer employees…