Medicare Advantage and health inequity

The quality of care Medicare Advantage participants receive varies based on their race, gender, and ethnicity according to a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health. The report, based on data from Medicare Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys and the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS), presents the following findings: Some disparities exist between patient experiences; most groups—except for Asian American and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) MA enrollees—showed disparities in 1 or 2 of 7 total measures. Scores for AA and NHPI MA [...]