What We Heard at the 2026 NCQA Innovation Summit: Clinical Data, Data Quality, and the Road to Digital HEDIS
After a week at the 2026 NCQA Health Innovation Summit, one theme stood out above the rest. Digital quality is the destination, and the industry is well on its way. What filled the sessions and hallway conversations was what it actually takes to get there. Here are the themes we heard from health plans, providers, […]
The New Standard Gives Payers the Full Picture for Quality Reporting
For years, health plans have been asked to prove quality with only half the story. Claims data tells you what was billed. It doesn’t tell you what actually happened in the exam room. It misses the HbA1c result that closes a diabetes care gap, the blood pressure reading that confirms control, and the colorectal screening […]