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NCQA announces first ACO accreditation
By Andis Robeznieks | December 13, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, a Houston physician group, is the first healthcare provider to be accredited as an accountable care organization by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, according to a news release.
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Fluegel named COO at NCQA
By Maureen McKinney | November 14, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Tom Fluegel has been named COO of the Washington-based National Committee for Quality Assurance, effective Dec. 4. Fluegel succeeds Esther Emard, who is retiring after holding the post since 1999.
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Immunization rates 'flatlined,' NCQA report says | O'Kane notes outbreaks of preventable childhood diseases
By Rich Daly | October 30, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
National rates of childhood immunizations have “flatlined” since a 2009 downturn, according to an annual survey of health plans.
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Webcast transcript: Making medicaid work
By Modern Healthcare | October 27, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
David May: Good morning. Thank you for joining Modern Healthcare's editorial webcast. Today we'll listen to a discussion with three executives—two from hospital systems and one from a governmental agency—on strategies for making Medicaid work for providers and patients. How...
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Calif. primary-care group launches health-home initiative
By Andis Robeznieks | October 11, 2012
The California Primary Care Association has launched a Patient-Centered Health Home initiative with a long-term goal of getting each of the association's 900 member sites recognized for providing timely, consistent and coordinated care.
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Sore subject | Nurses react as AAFP report backs doctor-led medical homes
By Andis Robeznieks | October 06, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Physician organizations cheered on the American Academy of Family Physicians for issuing a report that not only advocated for the patient-centered medical home model of team-based care, but also for insisting that those teams be led by doctors. Nurses did not have the same reaction.
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NCQA debuts 2012 Medicaid plan-performance database
By Beth Kutscher | September 28, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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NCQA releases insurer rankings; Harvard Pilgrim tops list of private plans
By Maureen McKinney | September 22, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a not-for-profit insurer, took the No. 1 spot on the National Committee for Quality Assurance's annual list of top-ranked private health insurance plans.
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NCQA debuts case-management accreditation
By Maureen McKinney | July 30, 2012
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has unveiled a new case-management accreditation program emphasizing care coordination, improved health outcomes and patient-centeredness.
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Cornerstone to join Aetna medical home program
By Maureen McKinney | July 12, 2012
Cornerstone Health Care, High, Point, N.C., will join Aetna's patient-centered medical home program, according to a news release from the Hartford, Conn.-based insurer.
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