Issue Briefs
The CMS Office of Minority Health Issue Briefs offer insight and examination into a variety of health and health disparity topics. The briefs summarize particular issues and examine policies that impact the quality of and access to health care for minority and disadvantaged populations. Issue Briefs evaluate CMS programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, to include recommendations and suggestions relating to the issue at hand.
The Path Forward: Improving Data to Advance Health Equity Solutions (PDF)
View the newly released report, which outlines the current state of health equity data collection across CMS programs, details progress to date in improving CMS data collection, and defines CMS’s future actions to continue to improve health equity data.
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