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The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a private, nonprofit, open membership, public benefit corporation whose mission is to improve the American healthcare system so that it can be counted on to provide safe, timely, compassionate and accountable care using the best current knowledge. Established in 1999, the NQF is a unique public-private partnership having broad participation from all parts of the healthcare industry. As a voluntary consensus standards setting organization, the NQF seeks to develop a common vision for healthcare quality improvement, create a foundation for standardized healthcare performance data collection and reporting and identify a national strategy for healthcare quality improvement. The NQF provides an equitable mechanism for addressing the disparate priorities of healthcare’s many stakeholders.

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The Executive Report on Managed Care will provide you with twice-monthly news and information on issues affecting the managed care industry, legislation and regulations, real-life examples of how managed care organizations are benefiting from innovative programs and cost saving initiatives. You'll get additional professional analyses and advice on how to adapt those programs to your own organization as well as critical information that will help keep you informed with the changes taking place both in and around your organization.

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