Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health and Efforts to Address Them

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health and Efforts to Address Them

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) recently released an issue brief on racial and ethnic disparities across selected measures of maternal and infant health, the factors that drive these disparities, and recent efforts to address them. This summary provides the key takeaways from the analysis. Status of Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health. KFF looked at the status of racial… (Asres, November 16, 2022) #Health Equity, #Public Health, #Quality, #Womenโ€™s Health

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CMCS Finalizes Updates to the 2023 and 2024 Child and Adult Core Health Care Quality Measurement Sets

CMCS Finalizes Updates to the 2023 and 2024 Child and Adult Core Health Care Quality Measurement Sets

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a Center For Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) Informational Bulletin (CIB) describing the 2023 and 2024 updates to the Core Set of children’s health care quality measures for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (the Child Core Set) and for adults enrolled in Medicaid (the Adult Core Set). The Core… (Colocho, November 16, 2022) #Health Equity, #Quality

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