Fowler: Health Equity Measures Need Uniformity Across CMS, Other Payers

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Director Liz Fowler told stakeholders there needs to be uniformity across payers -- including CMS -- in how to gauge their health equity efforts and make them successful. Clear guidance from CMS on health equity could also help states tackle the issue, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy suggests in a recent analysis. Fowler said at a Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy webinar on Thursday (June 10) that health equity is a key...