The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made it a priority to address health disparities and work toward achieving optimal health for all. As the foundation for this work, CMS released the CMS Framework for Health Equity, which outlines the goals and priorities of CMS work on health equity in the coming years.
To assist providers and stakeholders in achieving alignment with CMS priorities, HSAG has compiled tools and resources for each of the five CMS priorities.
Expand the Collection, Reporting, and Analysis of Standardized Data
- Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Measures for Hospitals and Health Systems Dashboards—Provides health care leaders with the necessary information on their journey to advance health equity, diversity, and inclusion
- American Hospital Association (AHA) Toolkit—Reducing Health Care Disparities: Collection and Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Language
- CMS Z-Code Infographic
- CMS—Mapping Medicare Disparities by Hospital
Assess the Causes of Disparities Within CMS Programs, and Address Inequities in Policies and Operations to Close Gaps
- HSAG Health Equity Organizational Assessment (HEOA)—A downloadable form that assesses your hospital’s ability to identify and address health disparities
- American Hospital Association (AHA) Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE)—The Health Equity Roadmap
- AHA—Health Equity Snapshot: A Toolkit for Action
Build Capacity of Healthcare Organizations and the Workforce to Reduce Health and Healthcare Disparities
Advance Language Access, Health Literacy, and the Provision of Culturally Tailored Services
- CMS Office of Minority Health—A Practical Guide to Implementing the National CLAS Standards: For Racial, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities, People with Disabilities and Sexual and Gender Minorities (December 2016)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health—An Implementation Checklist for National CLAS Standards
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health—Behavioral Health Implementation Guide for the National Standards for CLAS in Health and Health Care
- HSAG Teach Back Resources
- CMS Introduction to Language Access Plans—Web based training course
