Report Now Available: Disparities in Health Care in Medicare Advantage by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) released the tenth edition of the Disparities in Health Care in Medicare Advantage by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Report. This 2024 report provides a summary of the quality of health care received by people enrolled in Medicare Advantage across the United States, focusing on differences in patient experience and clinical care quality based on race, ethnicity, and sex in 2023.

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The 2024 report highlights a range of aspects regarding the quality of patient care. It includes seven measures of patient experience from the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider and Systems survey, along with 41 clinical care quality measures covering nine domains of care from the Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set. These measures were stratified by race and ethnicity, sex, and the combination of race and ethnicity within sex to highlight areas where disparities exist.

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