The National Committee for Quality Assurance has released its annual report, "The Value of Care and Caring About Value."

Focused on health care quality, the report is intended to benefit employers and consumers showing increasing interest in the topic.

"Questions about value are being asked, particularly among purchasers, because we are wasting tremendous resources in our health care system and sometimes harming patients as well," says NCQA president Margaret E. O’Kane. "Medical technologies, the types of health plans being offered, the role of the patient and the way we buy health care have all been transformed. To continue to drive quality improvement, NCQA’s measures and methods must evolve accordingly. This means measuring value."

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