Despite efforts to address health disparities, low-income and racial and ethnic minority popuĀlations continue to face significantly worse quality of care in some areas of focus with gaps in health equity. The CMS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is focused on improving health care quality and health outcomes among Medicare and dually eligible minority and underserved populations; which aligns with the CMSā Quality StrategyāSupporting Goals in a way that eliminates health disparities. CMS OMH has contracted with NORC to develop a 5-year CMS Equity strategic plan to infuse disparity reduction efforts in CMS programs.
PurposeāQlarantās Role
We utilize our subject matter expertise in health disparities, and Quality Improvement (QI) science to guide NORC in assisting CMS OMH to reduce health care disparities and improve health equity in CMS Medicare programs.
