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    Kidney Donor Search Reflects Urgency of NCQA's Work - 2 year(s) ago

    An NCQA Team Member needs a kidney donation. She gtells her story and we share NCQA’s efforts to prevent kidney disease and these desperate searches.

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      A veteran member of our NCQA team searches for a #kidney donor, and along the way, reminds us just how important our work is to set standards for diabetes and #kidneyhealth. It will prevent even more people from embarking on a life-saving donor search. https://t.co/8NbYQXyjoV

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    Presidential Pitch IV: Strengthen Medicare Value-Based Programs - 2 year(s) ago

    NCQA summarizes a series of Heath Care Quality recommendations for the Biden Administration as it takes the reins of the nation’s health care system..

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      Why push providers to adopt value-based care models? It can lead to better patient care and outcomes at a lower cost. Join the #HCValueWeek conversation and learn why we support value-based programs: https://t.co/YzTZi6scCN. https://t.co/uS3ZG3mEw8

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    17 Tips to Improve Race & Ethnicity Data - 2 year(s) ago

    Collaboration between NCQA, Grantmakers in Health, funded by The Commonwealth Fund yields 17 recommendations to improve race and ethnicity data collection.

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      An 8-month collaboration between NCQA and @GIHealth, funded by the @commonwealthfnd yields 17 recommendations for improving #healthdata collection. We summarized the report. Get the tips: https://t.co/nPTMuZ08v1.

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    Inside Health Care Episode #019: Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, Maternity Health Equity - NCQA Blog - 2 year(s) ago

    The maternal mortality rate in 2007 was 55 percent higher than the rate reported in 1990. Why is this happening? We asked an expert on Maternal Health.

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      Eliminating structural racism within the #healthcare system is a start to help improve #maternalhealth outcomes, along with equitable access to care for all. @qualtalks alum @doccrearperry shares enlightening insight: https://t.co/0iVURiIfWD. #MHAD2022 cc @acog https://t.co/bm2eMkuZFm

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    Inside Health Care #71: Dr. Chere Gregory and Dr. Nneka Sederstrom on Beginning the Journey of NCQA's Health Equity Accreditation Programs - NCQA Blog - 2 year(s) ago

    NCQA launched its Health Equity Accreditation program late last year. In another exciting development, it’s  launched a pilot version of Health Equity Accreditation Plus, designed for organizations that already have an equity program but are looking for advanced ways to measure and boost existing efforts. Both programs provide a thorough framework to measure progress and …

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      Don't miss this special episode of “Inside Health Care.” Dr. Chere Gregory @novanthealth and @NnekaPhD of @HennepinHC share very personal, front-line insight on health disparities, the issues that cause them & the role of equity accountability. Listen now https://t.co/nMEPS7xvfL. https://t.co/jiCsPRffKI

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    Measuring Quality of Health Systems, Genomic Medicine - 2 year(s) ago

    A new NCQA measure development project unifies three futuristic topics: Genomic-based cancer care. Using electronic clinical data to study quality. Assessing the quality of health systems. This project will bring quality measurement to genomic-based cancer care by using clinical data sources to assess health systems and other organizations’ care related to Lynch syndrome. Lynch syndrome: …

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      A new NCQA measure development project will look at how health systems, and others, screen for Lynch syndrome among their patient populations and how they respond to results. Take a look: https://t.co/5zIYEAiGOL.

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    Inside Health Care #70: NCQA President Peggy O'Kane & the State of Health Care 2021 - NCQA Blog - 2 year(s) ago

    In 2021, the pandemic continued to test our health system. In this episode of “Inside Health Care” featuring NCQA’s President, Peggy O’Kane, we look back at how the pandemic brought challenges but also inspired innovation. In this chat with NCQA’s Vice President of Public Policy and External Relations, Frank Micciche, Peggy looks back at the …

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      You won’t want to miss this candid discussion of the challenging year we’ve all managed to survive and the promising year ahead. NCQA founder & president @PeggyNCQA joins Public Policy and External Relations VP @MiccicheNCQA to take measure. Listen now: https://t.co/TX8fUTR5oe. https://t.co/kY56PioVlb

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    Number of HEDIS® Covered Lives Tops 200 Million - 2 year(s) ago

    The number of Americans enrolled in health plans that report quality results using the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) has grown to over 200 million—or 61% of the US population. Enrollment by product line in health plans that report HEDIS results: Commercial: 113,983,041. Medicaid Managed Care: 59,233,614. Medicare Advantage: 24,841,565. Marketplace Exchange:…

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      The growth of HEDIS as the nation’s premier method of measuring healthcare quality has reached an astounding benchmark. We look at what the achievement means for Americans’ collective health: https://t.co/xyyhLQR2wH.

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    Flu Vaccinations: HEDIS Results During COVID Reveal Disparities - 2 year(s) ago

    NCQA reveals flu vaccination rates during the pandemic crisis and shares what they mean overall for the delivery of high quality healthcare.

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      #ICYMI #HEDIS results indicate we all have more work to do when it comes to #vaccination compliance—and not just #COVID vaccinations. The crisis appears to have only widened gaps in #flu vaccination rates. See the rates: https://t.co/DL9ejJ2OjV.

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    Inside Health Care #70: NCQA President Peggy O'Kane & the State of Health Care 2021 - NCQA Blog - 2 year(s) ago

    In 2021, the pandemic continued to test our health system. In this episode of “Inside Health Care” featuring NCQA’s President, Peggy O’Kane, we look back at how the pandemic brought challenges but also inspired innovation. In this chat with NCQA’s Vice President of Public Policy and External Relations, Frank Micciche, Peggy looks back at the …

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      On this episode of “Inside Health Care” NCQA’s President, @PeggyNCQA & @MiccicheNCQA look back at how the #pandemic brought challenges but also inspired innovation...while looking ahead, with hope, in 2022. Check it out & tell us what you think: https://t.co/DfwXCyyk2c https://t.co/xeSpabBg4U

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