Health Equity

The CMS Framework for Health Equity provides a strong foundation for our work as a leader and trusted partner dedicated to advancing health equity, expanding coverage, and improving health outcomes. This includes strengthening our infrastructure for assessment, creating synergies across the health care system to drive structural change, and identifying and working together to eliminate barriers to CMS-supported benefits, services, and coverage for individuals and communities who are underserved or disadvantaged and those who support them.

Priority 1: Expand the Collection, Reporting, and Analysis of Standardized Data
Priority 2: Assess Causes of Disparities Within CMS Programs, and Address Inequities in Policies and Operations to Close Gaps
Priority 3: Build Capacity of Health Care Organizations and the Workforce to Reduce Health and Health Care Disparities
Priority 4: Advance Language Access, Health Literacy, and the Provision of Culturally Tailored Services
Priority 5: Increase All Forms of Accessibility to Health Care Services and Coverage