Ben Kligler's guest appearances

Ben Kligler

Inside Health Care: A Podcast by NCQA

Veterans Radio

Sean Parnell

Jason Redman

Kyle Carpenter

Jocko Willink

John Lee Dumas

Tom Jones

Jeremy Schwartz

John Gardner

Marcus Luttrell

Chris Franklin

Kitty Hawk

Chuck Yeager

Tim O'Brien

Matthew Betley

Craig Grossi

OwlTail

On this episode of Inside Health Care, we talk about acupuncture, yoga and a host of other “alternative” therapies with a health leader in the U.S. government. After that, we explore a newly announced breakthrough in digitalization exploration with NCQA’s Chief Technology Officer.Our first guest is one the foremost experts in the U.S. on integrative medicine. He answers some difficult questions. How have some alternative therapies become legitimized? And what are the risks of unregulated therapies?Benjamin Kligler, MD, MPH, is Executive Director of the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation (OPCC&amp;CT) at the Veterans Health Administration. He is a board-certified family physician, working as a clinician, educator, researcher and administrative leader in the field of complementary and integrative medicine.At NCQA’s 2023 Quality Talks, Dr. Kligler talked about “whole health” and how it relates to his work.In our next interview, NCQA Chief Technology Officer Ed Yurcisin breaks down our newest development in digital health, our newly-announced requirements and open source software for interpreting and executing clinical quality language (CQL) so any organization or software developer can use HEDIS Digital Content Services.Later in Fast Facts, we observe Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month. We also discuss the NCQA has HEDIS measure, Osteoporosis Screening in Older Women, that assesses the percentage of women 65–75 years of age who receive osteoporosis screening.

On this episode of Inside Health Care, we talk about acupuncture, yoga and a host of other “alternative” therapies with a health leader in the U.S. government. After that, we explore a newly announced breakthrough in digitalization exploration with NCQA’s Chief Technology Officer.Our first guest is one the foremost experts in the U.S. on integrative medicine. He answers some difficult questions. How have some alternative therapies become legitimized? And what are the risks of unregulated therapies?<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Kligler" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin Kligler, MD, MPH</a>, is Executive Director of the <a href="https://www.patientcare.va.gov/Patient_Centered_Care.asp" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation (OPCC&amp;CT)</a> at the Veterans Health Administration. He is a board-certified family physician, working as a clinician, educator, researcher and administrative leader in the field of complementary and integrative medicine.<a href="https://www.qualitytalks.org/2023-event-schedule/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">At NCQA’s 2023 Quality Talks</a>, Dr. Kligler talked about “whole health” and how it relates to his work.In our next interview, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyurcisin" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">NCQA Chief Technology Officer Ed Yurcisin</a> breaks down <a href="https://www.ncqa.org/news/ncqa-makes-engine-software-requirements-open-source-expanding-access-to-hedis-digital-content/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">our newest development in digital health</a>, our newly-announced requirements and open source software for interpreting and executing clinical quality language (CQL) so any organization or software developer can use HEDIS Digital Content Services.Later in Fast Facts, we observe <a href="https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/osteoporosis" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month</a>. We also discuss the NCQA has HEDIS measure, <a href="https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/measures/osteoporosis-screening-in-older-women/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Osteoporosis Screening in Older Women</a>, that assesses the percentage of women 65–75 years of age who receive osteoporosis screening.

Inside Health Care #106: Dr. Ben Kligler with Integrative Medicine through a Quality Lens

Dr. Benjamin Kligler, of Veterans Health Administration, Office of Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Transformation talks about a whole health approach.  He discusses the acceptance and use of alternative medicine approaches to treat the whole patient.  Yoga, tai chi, acupuncture and other non-traditional approaches are explored.   Listen in and hear from Dr. Kligler how you can ask your VA health team to explore these options.  He discusses this program which stared in 2015 and is making its way into all VA health care environments with host Jim Fausone.

VA Whole Health for Life with Dr. Ben Kligler