CMS Health Care Disparities Report Released

Reports released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services share data on health care disparities and patient care quality in the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider and Systems survey.

The 2024 Disparities in Health Care in Medicare Advantage by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Report prepared by the CMS Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) summarizes the quality of health care received by people enrolled in Medicare Advantage across the United States, focusing on differences in patient experience and clinical care quality based on race, ethnicity, and sex in 2023.

The 2024 report highlights a range of aspects regarding the quality of patient care. It includes seven measures of patient experience from the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider and Systems survey, along with 41 clinical care quality measures covering nine domains of care from the Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set. These measures were stratified by race and ethnicity, sex, and the combination of race and ethnicity within sex to highlight areas where disparities exist.

In addition, CMS is announced the availability of a new public use file on Socio-demographic and Health Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries Living in the Community by Metropolitan Residence Status. This public use file uses 2021 Survey File data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey. Also released today is an infographic; Health Status and Access to Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries Living in the Community by Metropolitan Residence Status.

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