National Quality Forum (NQF) news and information

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NCQA debuts 2012 Medicaid plan-performance database

By Beth Kutscher | September 28, 2012 | Basic Web

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has added new performance-related data points in its annual report on Medicaid health plans.
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AHA: Field-test e-reporting of quality measures

By Maureen McKinney | September 20, 2012 | Basic Web

The American Hospital Association is urging the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to include providers in the field-testing and development of health information technology-enabled quality measures.
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Where everyone is a caregiver | Patient-centered approach earns Tennessee system annual national quality award

By Elizabeth Gardner | September 08, 2012 | Print Magazine

Inpatients at Mountain States Health Alliance have forms attached to their beds, but instead of vital statistics, these forms note their favorite foods, special memories and other personal details.
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FAH urges more study before updating OPPS; Premier wants six quality measures cut

By Ashok Selvam | September 05, 2012 | Basic Web

The Federation of American Hospitals wants more research before the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system is updated for 2013.
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Mountain States Health Alliance wins NQF's National Quality Healthcare Award

By Maureen McKinney | August 20, 2012 | Basic Web

Mountain States Health Alliance, a 12-hospital not-for-profit health system based in Johnson City, Tenn., has been named the winner of the National Quality Forum's annual National Quality Healthcare Award.
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Late News: Disparity, coordination measures get NQF blessing

By Modern Healthcare | August 11, 2012 | Print Magazine

The National Quality Forum endorsed 46 measures related to cancer care, care coordination, healthcare disparities and culturally competent care for racial and ethnic minorities. The 22 cancer measures—chosen from an initial group of 26—address several specific types of the disease, such...
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NQF endorses measures for cancer care, care coordination, disparities

By Maureen McKinney | August 10, 2012 | Basic Web

The National Quality Forum has endorsed 46 measures related to cancer care, care coordination, healthcare disparities and culturally competent care for racial and ethnic minorities.
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NQF endorses 19 pulmonary, critical-care measures

By Paul Barr | August 01, 2012 | Basic Web

The National Quality Forum endorsed three new and 16 existing quality measures related to pulmonary conditions and the critical-care setting.
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Modern Physician
Casey resigns as Atlantic Health CMO

By Andis Robeznieks | August 01, 2012

Dr. Donald Casey has resigned as chief medical officer and vice president of quality, academic affairs and research at Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System.
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The first step | Hospice-care providers to begin reporting on two quality measures, an incremental approach that the industry supports

By Maureen McKinney | July 21, 2012 | Print Magazine

For the more than 5,000 hospices across the country, success is often measured by hard-to-pin-down metrics, such as whether a patient feels comfortable or is able to help to plan his or her funeral.
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