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Welcome to "Quality Matters," the podcast where we unpack the complexities of modern healthcare to shape a brighter future. Join us as we delve into the dynamic world of healthcare quality and innovation, exploring topics such as digital transformation, health equity, and quality standards.Each episode brings together thought leaders, industry experts, and innovators to discuss the latest trends, best practices, and challenges shaping the future of healthcare. With a focus on convening voices from across the industry, "Quality Matters" provides a platform for meaningful conversations and collaboration. Whether you're a health plan leader, a health IT professional, or simply someone passionate about improving healthcare outcomes, tune in to gain valuable insights and actionable strategies for driving positive change in healthcare delivery. Because when it comes to healthcare, quality truly matters. Join us on "Quality Matters" as we shape tomorrow's healthcare today.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to "Quality Matters," the podcast where we unpack the complexities of modern healthcare to shape a brighter future. Join us as we delve into the dynamic world of healthcare quality and innovation, exploring topics such as digital transformation, health equity, and quality standards.
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA is hosted by NCQA. The show has published 184 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why Doesn't Healthcare Trust It's Own Data" (14 October 2026, 13 minutes), "Aging Together: Why Age-Friendly Care Is Everyone's Future" (23 September 2026, 44 minutes), and "Credentialing: The Unsung Hero of Quality" (8 July 2026, 44 minutes).
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 184 episodes.
Booking probability for Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA's contact route on record: verified email.
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NCQA hosts Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA, a health podcast with 184 episodes published.
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Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA
In the premiere of Data Quality Perspectives, host Burke Burnett explores a fundamental question: Why doesn’t healthcare trust its own data? He is joined by NCQA Chief Product and Transformation Officer Vik Wadhwani and...
Aging Together: Why Age-Friendly Care Is Everyone's Future A s the U.S. population ages, healthcare organizations and health plans are facing an increasingly important question: How do we make sure care is designed...
Episode #162
Credentialing rarely makes headlines, but it plays a critical role in determining how quickly patients can access care, how providers join health plan networks, and how healthcare organizations maintain quality at...
This episode of Quality Matters examines the growing role of digital wellness and chronic condition management programs and the challenge of measuring what truly matters. Host Rachel Harrington is joined by Peter...
Episode #160
This episode of Quality Matters examines primary care’s evolving role and features Karen Johnson of the American Academy of Family Physicians and Jeff Sitko of NCQA. Karen and Jeff outline primary care’s distinguishing...
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA
In this year-end episode of Quality Talks , Peggy O’Kane, NCQA’s founding President, sits down with Dr. Vivek Garg, incoming President and CEO. Together, they reflect on Peggy’s 35-year legacy of building the nation’s...
This episode of Quality Matters features Rupa Valdez, Professor at the University of Virginia; Polina Lissin, NCQA Senior Healthcare Analyst; and Elizabeth Ryder, NCQA Assistant Director of Product Management. Together...
Episode #158
This episode of Quality Matters features Misty Milby, VP of Clinical Business Development at Everlywell, and Claire Mendelson, Product Manager at NCQA. To illuminate what makes virtual care safe, effective and...
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA
In this episode of Quality Talks with Peggy O’Kane, Peggy welcomes Dr. Troyen Brennan, adjunct professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, former Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health and Aetna, and author of...
Episode #157
This episode of Quality Matters features Kate Hobbs, CEO of the behavioral healthcare services company, Author Health. Aiming to help listeners navigate behavioral healthcare’s complexities, Kate outlines four essential...
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA
In this episode of Quality Talks with Peggy O’Kane, Peggy welcomes Anna Taylor, Associate Vice President for Population Health and Value-Based Care at MultiCare Connected Care in Tacoma, Washington. From the outset...
Episode #156
In this episode of Quality Matters, host Andy Reynolds is joined by Josh Wymer, Chief Health Information and Data Strategy Officer for the State of Missouri Health Data Consortium. Together, they explore how Missouri is...
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA
In this episode of Quality Talks With Peggy O’Kane , NCQA President Peggy O’Kane speaks with primary care and health IT veteran Dr. Marc Overhage. Marc notes that many of health care’s challenges are design problems—and...
Episode #155
In this episode of Quality Matters , health IT veteran and standards-editor John D’Amore joins host Andy Reynolds to unpack the deeper purpose behind the push to improve data quality. Drawing on decades of experience...
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA
In this episode of Quality Talks , NCQA President Peggy O’Kane speaks with Dr. Farzad Mostashari, Co-founder and CEO of Aledade. Farzad brings decades of experience in health IT, policy and primary care transformation...
Episode #154
In this episode of Quality Matters , host Andy Reynolds welcomes Bryn Rhodes and Rob Reynolds of Smile Digital Health to unravel two foundational, yet widely misunderstood, technologies in health care: Clinical Quality...
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA
In this episode of Quality Talks With Peggy O’Kane , NCQA President Peggy O’Kane speaks with Susan Dentzer, President and CEO of America's Physician Groups. Susan brings her extensive experience in health policy to a...
Episode #153
In this episode of Quality Matters, Dr. Richard Bergenstal, Executive Director of the International Diabetes Center, joins host Andy Reynolds to explore the evolving landscape of diabetes care—from the legacy of A1C to...
Quality Matters: A Podcast by NCQA
In this episode of Quality Talks With Peggy O’Kane, NCQA President Peggy O’Kane has an energizing, constructive conversation with Dr. Will Shrank, a Venture Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Will shares his vision for a...
Episode #152
In this episode of Quality Matters , Jules Reich, NCQA Senior Health Care Analyst in Population Health, and Grace Glennon, NCQA Director of Digital Quality Informatics, join host Andy Reynolds to discuss the latest tool...
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co-founder and CEO of Aledade, Aledade Inc.
leader in transformative healthcare delivery, SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan
assistant vice president of health equity sciences, Western Oregon University
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