The objective of risk adjustment is not to predict spending accurately but to support the social goals of a payment system, which include equity. Setting population-based payments at accurate ...

High-quality primary care is a critical tool to advance health equity within Medicaid, which includes many enrollees who identify as people of color. This population experiences long-standing health ...

Despite significant advancements in medical technology and public health infrastructure, systemic racism remains a fundamental determinant of health, ...

Racial and ethnic disparities in treatment access and outcomes among patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) have widened, despite substantial efforts to address the epidemic of drug-overdose ...

Health equity has been added to the Quadruple Aim of improving population health, enhancing the care experience, reducing costs, and promoting workforce well-being. Health equity should be added as ...

The U.S. health care system ranks last on measures of equity among similar high-income countries. 1 Although policymakers and payers have increasingly looked to hospitals to help reduce inequities, ...

Much of the innovation in the health care system, including initiatives that are designed in whole or in part to achieve objectives aligned with health equity, are centered around cutting-edge ...

As the national organization representing nearly 50,000 physicians and other health care professionals specializing in cancer treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and research, ASCO supports effective ...

Medical schools are increasingly weaving health equity into their curricula, from pre-clerkship to clerkship years, to prepare future doctors for fairer, more inclusive care. These programs aim to ...