“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are attempting to identify a central data source across government for collecting information on the most vulnerable populations to ensure health equity.”
“Some Medicare and Medicaid quality programs already collect demographic data like race, but it’s not standardized across government.”
“The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in health care nationally, and CMS wants to put the demographic data at its disposal into a central data repository so authorized users can access it to address disparities in its programs…”
“In the meantime CCSQ is improving cross-program analytics so data collected by systems like the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program’s can support other programs.”
“CMS partnered with states to share Medicaid data near real time to identify forgone care, preventative services that children are missing out on, declines in dental and behavioral health services, and an increased need for substance use disorder treatment during the pandemic.”
“The agency launched the first Medicaid and CHIP Financial (MACFin) system module last weekend to automate monitoring and approvals of state spending of the program’s $670 billion…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS searching for governmentwide health equity data source – Dave Nyczepir, February 3, 2022. FedScoop.
