CMS Unveils 10-Year Framework For Health Equity Across All Programs

A newly unveiled CMS framework to promote health equity calls for increasing health literacy and language access, assessing all agency programs for unintendedly causing disparities, improving data collection, and restructuring programs to encourage providers to address social risk factors and the social determinants of health. CMS released the framework on Friday (July 8) to update the 2015 CMS Equity Plan for Improving Quality in Medicare with five priorities that not only focus on Medicare but also promote health equity in...