Managed Healthcare Executive January 20, 2022
Brock Ingmire, Janet Walker, Roma Sharma

CMS and state officials are using payment incentives, data collection and program requirements to start edging the lofty ideals of health equity toward reality.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought social and racial inequity to the forefront of public health. In the United States, the pandemic has affected many communities, including racial and ethnic minorities as well as low-income populations, more severely than other groups.

Negative health outcomes are more common among individuals within these groups, and social determinants of health (SDOH) play a significant role. SDOH are the conditions where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age; they are the wider set of forces and systems that affect a broad range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes...

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Topics: CMS, Equity/SDOH, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Provider
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