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In early March 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Trump administration abruptly rescinded its multiyear guidance framework on health-related social needs (HRSN), elim...
Moving the needle on health care access and health disparities is no easy task. Inequities for people of color are embedded in the U.S. health system, shaping their health care journeys and often lead...
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions’ latest analysis reveals how businesses can benefit from a healthier, more productive workforce and contribute to a more equitable society.
Health status in ...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced a new health equity agenda Wednesday aimed at improving life expectancy and reducing racial health disparities across the city of Boston.
The Live Long and Well agen...
More than twenty years have passed since the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) published its 2003 landmark report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparit...
In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new Medicaid rules with major implications for access, equity, and the workforce. For decades, as managed care grew to be the d...
Poor diet continues to take a toll on American adults. It’s a major risk factor for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers, and more than one million Americans die eve...
Health equity has steadily gained focus within the healthcare industry, from racial and ethnic health disparities to gender imbalances in healthcare costs. The business case, as well as the moral impe...
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) revealed during a wide-ranging meeting May 10 that it will prioritize eating patterns during pregnancy, childhood and adolescence as well as review the...
With billions of dollars in pandemic relief funding still available, state and local public health agencies have an opportunity to improve their performance and prepare themselves for future challenge...
