Save the date! The Taskforce on Telehealth Policy (TTP) releases its final report in a webinar Tuesday, September 15 at 2pm ET. Telehealth Policy: The Background The COVID-19 pandemic brought ...
https://www.ncqa.org/blog/taskforce-telehealth-policy-to-release-final-report-september-15th/
As employers enter 2020, they remain committed to improving the health of their workforce by providing comprehensive benefits that not only support, but drive, quality health care. To do this, em...
https://www.ncqa.org/blog/employers-focus-on-quality-in-2020/
An opportunity… to help. Social determinants of health are all the talk in health care right now. We’re all beginning to see that it’s not just clinical treatment our patients need to re...
https://www.ncqa.org/blog/an-opportunity-social-determinants-of-health/
Family health care costs are on the rise. According to a Kaiser Health Foundation analysis, families are contributing 67% more to their health benefits than they did 10 years ago. Their health ca...
As you may know, some insurers established global payments to drive higher quality and lower costs in health care. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows how on...
https://www.ncqa.org/blog/less-spending-better-care-population-based-global-payment-study/
The phrase “You can’t improve what you can’t measure” makes sense. Consider that theme the driving force behind the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) effort to develop qualit...
What an opportunity! You can share success stories and best practices with your peers. You could join a group of the top professionals in the healthcare industry. The Ask We want you to submit a ...
https://www.ncqa.org/blog/quality-congress-its-your-turn-to-share/
We have redesigned NCQA’s main website—ncqa.org—to give people who care about health care quality important capabilities. Simpler, Shorter Descriptions We rewrote descriptions of NCQA’s m...
Last fall, I was talking with a practice manager at a small pediatric clinic in the South that just earned NCQA Recognition. This was his first time at the PCMH Congress. We talked for a while ab...
Our quality leader, our own president, Peggy O’Kane, is among the many people nominated for Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare. In so many ways, though, she sta...
https://www.ncqa.org/blog/peggy-okane-most-influential-nominee/