Reducing Healthcare Disparities
CMS April 5 finalized its Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program for Contract Year (CY) 2024.
As the COVID-19 public health emergency’s continuous coverage requirement ends and states redetermine eligibility for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights yesterday reminded state health officials of their…
The Department of Health and Human Services April 3 released a national plan to advance the fight against cancer, which includes strategies to prevent cancer, detect cancers early, develop effective treatments, eliminate inequities, engage people in cancer research, deliver optimal care, maximize…
One year ago, we asked hospitals and health systems to participate in an important effort – AHA’s Health Equity Roadmap.
As we close out Women’s History Month, reflecting on the trailblazing women who have advanced modern medicine, and prepare for National Minority Health Month in April, we also should consider what we can do as health care professionals to create even more opportunities for women across our industry…
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Innovative community-centered partnerships and creative investment strategies can mitigate health disparities that adversely affect excluded or marginalized groups. And many health systems are using these approaches to achieve powerful results, notes a recent NEJM Catalyst analysis.
In the first of two new blogs in the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity’s monthly series highlighting Black women health care leaders, Dana Weston Graves, president of Sentara Princess Anne Hospital, discusses the importance of advocacy and being the person she needed in her life when she…
Health delivery organizations are invited to apply through May 17 for the 2024 Foster G. McGaw Prize, which honors organizations that demonstrate a strategic approach to community health and health equity, improve access to care for historically marginalized communities and address societal factors…
In a new blog post from the AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, Janice E. Nevin, M.D., president and CEO of ChristianaCare and a member of the AHA Board of Trustees, discusses Delaware hospitals’ commitment to take the Health Equity Transformation Assessment and why she believes health…