AJMC May 13, 2022
While CMS has started making changes to address health equity through policy and payment models, commercial plans are waiting to see the outcomes before they follow suit, said Jayson Slotnik, partner, Health Policy Strategies, Inc.
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CMS is tweaking value-based payment models to address equity better. Are commercial plans already doing this or will they start following in the footsteps of CMS and begin to address equity in payment models?
So, in the last couple of years, CMS has had a significant emphasis on health equity. A significant approach introduced many policies related to trying to equitize access to health care across race, gender, age, socioeconomic status. And the ramifications of such are not really well known yet, because the...
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