Q: How important is it to check the QAPI and QAA guidance updates in the State Operations Manual? A: If you haven’t checked it lately, now is a good time to look. Refer to text in RED indicating ...

Health equity means ensuring everyone has the chance to be as healthy as possible. However, factors outside of a person’s control can prevent them from achieving their best health. Examples of these ...

Early this year, The Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, BDHEA, hosted a national summit on advancing healthcare for Black Americans. Conversations centered around community health navigation, the ...

Health equity and health equality both aim to improve outcomes and increase access to services, especially for underserved populations and marginalized groups. Equity and equality in healthcare are ...

The skilled nursing sector has seen a significant number of facility divestitures and closures in the last few years. Quite frankly, this negative trend is due in part to a reluctance by some ...

Editor’s Note (12/21/21): This article is being showcased in a special collection about equity in health care that was made possible by the support of Takeda Pharmaceuticals. The article was published ...

We suggest that there are four types of health equity performance measures: data infrastructure, process and outcome measures stratified by subpopulation, process and outcomes measures targeted at ...

Policy makers serve an important role in overseeing private equity’s ownership of clinics and hospitals. State-based policies are often models for future federal-level policies and provide a valuable ...