Healthcare Economist August 11, 2022
Jason Shafrin

One of President Biden’s top priorities is reducing health disparities. In fact, President Biden created a Health Equity Task Force to address the issue; the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have created their own Framework for Health Equity 2022–2032. The 5 priories in this CMS Framework are:

  1. Expand the collection, reporting, and analysis of standardized data
  2. Assess causes of disparities within CMS programs, and address inequities in policies and Ooperations to close gaps
  3. Build capacity of health care organizations and the workforce to reduce health and health care disparities
  4. Advance language access, health literacy, and the provision of culturally tailored services
  5. Increase all forms of accessibility to health care services and coverage

With respect to (1),...

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