Health Plans Sign On For Nationwide Quality Improvement Effort
Tue, 01/18/2005 - 22:00
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has announced that 39 health plans have committed to participate in NCQA’s Quality Plus program. Collectively, the plans cover 11.5 million Americans. Quality Plus standards focus on the depth, accuracy… Northrop Grumman Achieves Three New CMMI Level 5 Ratings
Tue, 01/18/2005 - 22:00
Northrop Grumman Corp. recently received three more CMMI Level 5 ratings, the highest possible rating for benchmarking commercial and defense industry best practices for management and engineering. The ratings apply to three businesses within… Coming Soon
Mon, 01/17/2005 - 22:00
Our BioMed Community is under Construction. Check back soon. Our launch date will be Jan. 26, 2005 Minnesota Applies Quality Standards to State Medicaid Program
Tue, 01/11/2005 - 22:00
The Minnesota Department of Human Services, which operates the state’s Medicaid program, will apply quality standards to five major areas of the plan. Administrators will use standards from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to… ANSI Issues Online “Standards Snapshots”
Tue, 01/11/2005 - 22:00
In an effort to highlight the importance of international standards, the American National Standards Institute recently published the first in a series of short articles about the many different existing standards. The first highlighted standard is… Standards Developers to Push for Chinese Standardization
Tue, 01/11/2005 - 22:00
A consortium of worldwide standards developers plan to open an office in Beijing in an effort to convince Chinese manufacturers to use U.S. and Canadian technical standards. The consortium, led by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, will… NQA Approved as Registrar for New Aerospace Standard
Tue, 01/11/2005 - 22:00
National Quality Assurance USA has recently been accredited to perform registrations to AS9120, the new aerospace standard. NQA received the accreditation in December 2004 from the ANSI-RAB NAP, now known as ANAB. AS9120 specifically applies to… Commerce Department, Automakers Form Partnership to Improve Competitiveness
Mon, 01/10/2005 - 22:00
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration and the Big Three automakers recently formed a partnership to improve the manufacturing competitiveness of the U.S. automotive industry. The partnership, called the United States Alliance… ASQ Announces Quality Courses for Service Industry Professionals
Mon, 01/10/2005 - 22:00
The American Society for Quality will offer courses examining quality management and improvement for people working in the service industry. ASQ has offered courses for service industry professionals in the past, but the focus was on applying… Six Sigma Plays Role in Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Mon, 01/10/2005 - 22:00
One current and one former employee of 3M Co. recently filed suit against the company, alleging that its implementation of Six Sigma discriminates against older workers. The lawsuit, filed by Clifford Whitaker, 60, and Michael Mucci, 55, alleges…
