WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) will release its analysis of the latest quality results in its State of Health Care Quality Report 2013. Findings include:

The 2013 State of Health Care Quality Report summarizes calendar year 2012 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) results from health plans covering 136 million people, or 43 percent of the U.S. population. HEDIS is health cares most widely used performance improvement tool.

WHO:

NCQA President Margaret E. OKane will brief journalists on the report.

-- Joseph V. Agostini, Chief Medical Officer for Medicare Collaborations, Aetna

-- Charles J. Homer, MD, CEO, National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality

-- Mark A. Lepage, MD, CEO, Security Health Plan

-- Nora Wells, Co-Director Family Voices National Center for Family Professional Partnerships, Family Voices

WHEN:

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Health Care Quality Study: Good News, Bad News and in Between