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Fact Sheet: Advancing Health Equity Across HHS HHS.gov

(3 days ago) WEBAdvancing health equity and addressing health disparities is a top priority of President Biden and Secretary Becerra. Across HHS, achieving equity is a department-wide effort. Some of HHS’s most significant health equity accomplishments are highlighted below. …

https://www.hhs.gov/equity/fact-sheet-advancing-health-equity-across-hhs/index.html

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Improving Health Equity in Medicaid: What Are the Challenges …

(9 days ago) WEBThis post is the first in the Health Equity Meeting Blog Series, summarizing the discussion by a panel of experts who highlighted the key challenges and opportunities in using Medicaid as a lever for improving equity. Medicaid serves disproportionately high shares of racial and ethnic minorities. As of 2018, over 60 percent of its 73 million

https://academyhealth.org/blog/2022-02/improving-health-equity-medicaid-what-are-challenges-and-opportunities

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Medicaid can and should play an active role in advancing …

(3 days ago) WEB3. THE ROLE OF MEDICAID FINANCING IN ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY AMONG LATINO POPULATIONS. Latino individuals compose the largest …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9660413/

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Medicaid and Racial Health Equity KFF

(5 days ago) WEBResearch suggests that Medicaid expansion is linked to increased access to care, improvements in some health outcomes, and has contributed to reductions in racial disparities in health coverage

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-and-racial-health-equity/

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Medicaid’s Role in Advancing Health Equity : MACPAC

(7 days ago) WEBChapter 6 addresses how to advance health equity in Medicaid, which has become a cross-cutting theme in MACPAC’s analyses. More than half of adults and two-thirds of …

https://www.macpac.gov/publication/medicaids-role-in-advancing-health-equity/

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Improving Health Equity in Medicaid: Federal Priorities, …

(9 days ago) WEBFurthering health equity is a priority under the Biden-Harris administration which provides an important opportunity for Medicaid to be leveraged to reduce heath disparities. Because of Medicaid’s ability to support and even incentivize state-level innovation, its disproportionate coverage of people of color, and its national breadth, it …

https://academyhealth.org/blog/2022-05/improving-health-equity-medicaid-federal-priorities-challenges-and-opportunities

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Guide to Equity in Medicaid Urban Institute

(4 days ago) WEBGuide Guide to Equity in Medicaid. Kimá Joy Taylor, Sofia Hinojosa, Eva H. Allen, Taylor Nelson. Display Date. December 20, 2023. File. File. Download guide. (182.07 KB) This …

https://www.urban.org/research/publication/guide-equity-medicaid

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CMS Framework for Health Equity CMS

(6 days ago) WEBThe framework sets foundation and priorities for CMS’s work strengthening its infrastructure for assessment, creating synergies across the health care system to drive structural change, and identifying and working to eliminate barriers to CMS-supported benefits, services, and coverage. Read the CMS Framework for Health Equity 2022-2032.

https://www.cms.gov/priorities/health-equity/minority-health/equity-programs/framework

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Health Equity CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

(8 days ago) WEBHealth equity is when everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their optimal health. Health equity is advanced when care providers: Identify health disparities. Define specific and actionable goals for addressing any disparities identified. Prioritize populations and communities that are historically underserved.

https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/key-concepts/health-equity

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Effects of medicaid expansion on poverty disparities in …

(3 days ago) WEBThe expansion of health insurance, both public and private, resulted in a net increase of 16.9 million people gaining coverage between 2013 and 2015, allowing …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314606/

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CMS Strategic Plan Health Equity Fact Sheet

(8 days ago) WEBCMS calls on private sector partners to engage with this health equity strategy to sustain long-term action. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services health equity goals: Close the gaps in health care access, quality, and outcomes for underserved populations. Promote culturally and linguistically appropriate services to ensure

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/health-equity-fact-sheet-2023.pdf

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How States Are Implementing Medicaid Health Equity …

(9 days ago) WEBStates are adopting health equity quality measurements as part of CMS's and Medicaid's commitment to identify and address health inequities. Part 1 of this …

https://healthcare.rti.org/insights/how-are-states-integrating-health-equity-data-in-medicaid-programs-part-2

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How Do We Define and Measure Health Equity? The State of …

(3 days ago) WEBThe definition of health equity developed during the establishment of Healthy People 2020 was one of the most widely cited definitions identified in this review.7–11 Healthy People defines health equity as “the attainment of the highest level of health for all people.”12 Healthy People underscores that achieving health equity requires

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9311469/

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Improving Medicaid Data To Advance Racial And Ethnic …

(5 days ago) WEBHealth equity is a priority for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and many state Medicaid programs. To advance this, CMS must invest in the data infrastructure needed to continuously evaluate

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/improving-medicaid-data-advance-racial-and-ethnic-health-equity-united-states

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Advancing Health Equity: A New Measurement …

(1 days ago) WEBThe Bottom Line: Download Advancing Health Equity: A Recommended Measurement Framework for Accountability in Medicaid. Register for the October 11 webinar, A National Conversation on a …

https://www.ncqa.org/blog/advancing-health-equity-a-new-measurement-framework-for-medicaid/

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Improving Health Equity in Medicaid: Addressing Data Quality …

(1 days ago) WEBThis post is the fifth in the Health Equity Meeting Blog Series, summarizing the discussion by a panel of experts who addressed our current methods of analyzing Medicaid data for improving health equity. Conversations and analysis surrounding health equity require a better understanding of current disparities in health care outcomes and …

https://academyhealth.org/blog/2022-04/improving-health-equity-medicaid-addressing-data-quality-and-methodology

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Health equity CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid …

(Just Now) WEBHow can CMS address health equity?. CMS programs cover more than 160 million people across the country through the 3Ms - Medicare, Medicaid and the …

https://www.cms.gov/pillar/health-equity

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Health Equity Programs and Healthcare Resources CMS

(6 days ago) WEBHealth Equity Programs and Healthcare Resources. The CMS Office of Minority Health has designed several initiatives to eliminate disparities in health care quality and access, so that all CMS enrollees can achieve their highest level of health. Get involved to ensure that everyone can access the quality health care that they need.

https://www.cms.gov/priorities/health-equity/minority-health/equity-programs

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Leveraging Medicaid Policies to Promote Health Equity

(9 days ago) WEBThe Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is a non-partisan legislative branch agency that provides policy and data analysis and makes recommendations to …

https://www.macpac.gov/publication/leveraging-medicaid-policies-to-promote-health-equity/

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Distinguishing Health Equity and Health Care Equity: A …

(4 days ago) WEBAs a first step, one must clearly distinguish between health equity and health care equity. Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. 5-8 Equitable health is a result of a broad spectrum of individual and societal factors that are experienced over one’s lifetime. Although often …

https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.22.0442

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Hospitals and Health Equity — Translating Measurement into …

(Just Now) WEBThe U.S. health care system ranks last on measures of equity among similar high-income countries. 1 Although policymakers and payers have increasingly looked to hospitals to help reduce inequities

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2211648

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Evaluating Medicaid’s Use of Quality Measurement to Achieve …

(5 days ago) WEBThe disparate health burdens of the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of integrating health equity into quality measurement frameworks. State …

https://www.chcf.org/publication/evaluating-medicaids-quality-measurement-achieve-equity-goals/

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Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access, and

(1 days ago) WEBAdvance Health Equity to Bring the Benefits of Accountable Care to Underserved Communities. In the ACO REACH Model, providers are incentivized to …

https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/accountable-care-organization-aco-realizing-equity-access-and-community-health-reach-model

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6 Paying for Equity in Health and Health Care - National Center …

(5 days ago) WEBPayment systems greatly impact whether and how health care systems use their resources, including nurses, to improve public health.1 Nurses’ ability to address an individual’s social needs and the social determinants of health (SDOH) in the community, as well as to perform roles and implement interventions that can advance health equity, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK573911/

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Advancing Health Equity - Institute for Medicaid Innovation

(Just Now) WEBThe Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI), University of Chicago, and Center for Healthcare Strategies (CHCS) have partnered on an exciting three-year initiative, …

https://medicaidinnovation.org/disparities-equity/

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Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care: State Disparities

(6 days ago) WEBAdvancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care. The Commonwealth Fund 2024 State Health Disparities Report. Dr. Reshma Chugani checks 7-year-old Zoe Oliver’s ears during a medical visit at Atlanta Children’s Clinical Center on September 29, 2023. Health care system performance varies widely by race and ethnicity, both within states …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/apr/advancing-racial-equity-us-health-care

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Health Equity American Medical Association

(5 days ago) WEBAMA Equity Plan 2021-2023. Embedding equity into medicine requires planning and honesty. To meet this moment, the AMA has developed a plan to advance racial and social justice. Read the Strategy. May 15, 2024 ·. 2 MIN READ.

https://www.ama-assn.org/topics/health-equity

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Health equity data strategy and applications in Medicaid

(5 days ago) WEBHealth equity data strategy and applications in Medicaid managed care. While many states have made improving health equity and addressing social …

https://www.milliman.com/en/insight/health-equity-data-strategy-and-applications-in-medicaid-managed-care

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Advancing Health Equity in Medicaid: Emerging Value-Based …

(8 days ago) WEBAdvancing Health Equity: Leading Care, Payment, and Systems Transformation, a national program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, …

https://www.chcs.org/advancing-health-equity-in-medicaid-emerging-value-based-payment-innovations/

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Advancing Equity in Health Care Facilities and Delivery

(Just Now) WEBAdvancing health equity in medical facilities and in the delivery of care is crucial for improving health outcomes and reducing health disparities in this nation. Building on contributions of

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/advancing-equity-health-care-facilities-and-delivery

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Health Equity COVID-19 CDC

(6 days ago) WEBCDC Health Equity News & Science. January 6, 2023: Racial and Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Children and Adolescents Aged …

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/index.html

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Equity in Health Care - PMC - National Center for Biotechnology …

(3 days ago) WEBEquity in health care can be defined as all having “the right to the highest attainable standard of health as indicated by the health status of the most socially advantaged group” ( Braveman & Gruskin, 2003, p. 254). In the past two years, oncology nurses have witnessed significant health inequities in the scope and resultant death rate

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8525880/

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Advancing Health Equity in Chronic Disease Prevention and …

(8 days ago) WEBHealth equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. 1,2 NCCDPHP is advancing health equity by addressing social …

https://www.cdc.gov/health-equity-chronic-disease/health-equity.html

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Medicaid Program; Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services

(7 days ago) WEBThis final rule takes a comprehensive approach to improving access to care, quality and health outcomes, and better addressing health equity issues in the …

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/10/2024-08363/medicaid-program-ensuring-access-to-medicaid-services

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Private equity in health care: three takeaways going forward

(9 days ago) WEBInvestors in health care businesses can learn (or relearn) from the current state of affairs. Three takeaways are: (1) Health care reimbursement is finite. The goal …

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/private-equity-health-care-three-takeaways-going-forward-2024-05-09/

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NCCDPHP’s Approach to Advancing Health Equity CDC

(9 days ago) WEBSocial Determinants of Health. Equitably addressing SDOH is NCCDPHP’s primary approach to achieving health equity. SDOH are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. 1, 2.

https://www.cdc.gov/health-equity-chronic-disease/nccdphps-approach-to-health-equity.html

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Health Equity for US Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander

(8 days ago) WEBThe important article by Sumibcay et al 1 highlights the problem of invisibility for small minoritized populations in the United States. 2 Examining 4 surge periods of …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2818874

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Increasing Health Equity to Reduce Disparities in Value-Based …

(2 days ago) WEBThe March 23 keynote panel, “Strategies to Reduce Health Care Disparities and Enhance Equity,” featured 2 leaders at the center of this work: Dora Hughes, MD, MPH, chief medical officer at the

https://www.ajmc.com/view/increasing-health-equity-to-reduce-disparities-in-value-based-care

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Update On The Medicare Value-Based Care Strategy: Alignment, …

(3 days ago) WEBIn July 2022, in Health Affairs Forefront, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) articulated our overall Medicare value-based care strategy of …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/update-medicare-value-based-care-strategy-alignment-growth-equity

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