Blue Star Conversation – Demystifying Colorectal Cancer Screening Quality Measures: A Conversation with NCQA’s Mary Barton
NCCRT Blue Star Conversation- June 7, 2022[/vc_column_text]On June 7, 2022, the NCCRT’s Policy Action Strategic Priority Team hosted the latest Blue Star Conversation, a new interactive program for NCCRT members and CDC grantees. The latest session titled “Demystifying Colorectal Cancer Screening Quality Measures: A Conversation with NCQA’s Mary Barton,” featured an interview between co-chair of the Policy Action Team, Heather Dacus, DO, MPH and Mary Barton, MD, MPP, Vice President of Performance Measurement at the National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA) where they discussed what it means to be a measure steward, reviewed recent changes to the HEDIS CRC screening measure and implementation timeline, and discussed the process for updating measures.
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Key links:
- Link to Mary Barton’s bio: https://www.ncqa.org/about-ncqa/leadership/
- Link to Heather Dacus’s bio: https://nccrt.org/members/heather-dacus-do-mph/
- Link to Strategic Priority Team: https://nccrt.org/about/task-groups/policy-action/
- Link to HEDIS: HEDIS
- Link to UDS: UDS
- Link to eCQM: eCQM
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