# Beyond Compliance: Vivek Garg on Patient-Centered Quality and Real-Time Improvement

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Podcast: [Turn on the Lights Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/turn-on-the-lights-podcast-6307880)
Published: 2026-01-27T14:37:00+00:00
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## Resource

Quality measurement matters only if it helps patients and clinicians deliver better care in real time, not just prove compliance after the fact. In this episode, Vivek Garg, President and CEO of NCQA, reflects on how growing up with an immigrant physician father, living with his mother’s undiagnosed bipolar disorder, and training in internal medicine shaped his commitment to patient-centered improvement. He explains why he pursued “edge-case” primary care roles at innovative organizations and how those experiences led him to focus on quality, value-based care, and complex populations. Vivek also clarifies NCQA’s role in convening standards, accrediting health plans and practices, and validating performance through audits and support. He critiques today’s bloated measurement ecosystem and argues for digital, interoperable, clinically meaningful metrics that reduce burden and truly improve care delivery. Tune in and learn how quality standards can evolve from checklists into a continuous improvement engine that patients can actually feel! Resources: Connect with and follow Vivek Garg on LinkedIn. Learn more about the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) on their LinkedIn and website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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