CMS Disparities Report Suggests Similar Patient Experiences, Varied Outcomes

  • May 16, 2024

    As CMS continues efforts to advance health equity, the agency on May 2 released its annual report on disparities in the Medicare Advantage program based on race, ethnicity and sex. Racial and ethnic minorities are consistently more likely to enroll in Medicare Advantage vs. the traditional, fee-for-service Medicare program. The 2024 report, released by the CMS Office of Minority Health in partnership with The RAND Corp., examined patient experience measures based on responses to the 2023 Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey, as well as clinical care measures based on the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) that is collected from administrative data and patients’ medical records, reflecting care received in 2022. Read more
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  • Carina Belles

    Carina has been covering public-sector health care since 2018. As a data reporter for Radar on Medicare Advantage, she creates infographics and data stories on issues impacting Medicare, Medicaid and Part D. She also develops AIS Health Daily, a free daily newsletter that showcases AIS’s strong reporting across our four publications and parent company Norstella’s suite of market access and data solutions. Prior to joining the editorial team, she managed Medicare and Medicaid data for the Directory of Health Plans, AIS’s industry-standard health coverage database. She graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. in Journalism.

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