W&M To Probe COVID-19 And Minorities; CMS Hasn’t Shared Outcomes Data Yet

The House Ways & Means Committee will hold a virtual hearing on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color shortly after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a short report on the issue that was panned by key Democrats. CMS has yet to share its own data breaking down COVID-19 outcomes by ethnicity, despite CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s earlier suggestion the data would be provided to House lawmakers by early May. CMS told Inside Health Policy...