NCQA reports that health care quality improves but varies significantly

More than 100 Million Americans Covered By Health Plans that Report Performance; Two-Thirds of the System Remains a Mystery

According to a recent report by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), health care quality for millions of Americans improved in 2007 but significant variations in performance continue to leave many people receiving substandard care.  While quality improved for most people in private health insurance plans, there was little improvement in the care delivered to those enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, the nation’s two largest public health care programs. Eliminating variations in the delivery of evidence-based care across the health care system could save up to 88,000 lives each year, the report concludes.

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Non-Profit Approved to Independently Review Health Plan Programs That Assess Doctors

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 13, 2008) – A national group of employer, consumer and labor organizations today named the nonprofit National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a leading health care quality organization, as an independent reviewer to certify that health insurers assess and report on the quality of physicians in an effective and fair manner. 

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