Data On Race, Ethnicity, And Language Largely Incomplete For Managed Care Plan Members [Data On Race & Ethnicity]

The Affordable Care Act requires the federal government to collect and report population data on race, ethnicity, and language needs to help reduce health and health care disparities. We assessed data availability in commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare managed care plans using the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set. Data availability varied but remained largely incomplete.

Source: Health Affairs - March 5, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ng, J. H., Ye, F., Ward, L. M., Haffer, S. C. C., Scholle, S. H. Tags: Managed Care, Minority Health, Quality Of Care Data On Race & amp; Ethnicity Source Type: research