AJMC June 23, 2022
Community engagement, investment, and quality metrics were spotlighted as potential solutions to address health inequities affecting marginalized communities nationwide.
Systemic health and social factors have a significant impact on health care quality and access in the United States, and race, zip code, and data are a few of the several variables contributing to equity concerns for underserved communities nationwide, according to panelists of a Wednesday panel discussion at AHIP 2022.
Opening the session, “Taking Action on Health Equity,” Dora Hughes, chief medical officer of CMS’ Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), noted that 2 key issues remain at the forefront regarding health inequity: the structural factors impeding health care access (eg, lack of providers and insurance) and the disparities...