A day in the life of a critical access hospital illuminates the various issues such facilities currently face. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second installment
Coding at the intersection of the social determinants of health (SDoH). Today I will be providing some updates regarding z-codes, specifically Z59.4, Food insecurity, also
Five priorities are identified in the mission of CMS Office of Minority Health, “Working to Achieve Health Equity.” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Two years later, there are some changes to telehealth. We all remember the day the locks were removed for telehealth to come flooding through the
The plan includes a goal to improve maternal health outcomes. Federal officials currently engaged in a prolonged push to address health disparities across the U.S.
The Quintuple Aim requires a dedicated practice to evaluate marginalized populations when considering how healthcare is delivered. American healthcare has been marked by an evolution
Distrust in healthcare is deep seeded especially in the black community. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live
As part of its ongoing mission to improve the health of America, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) announced its National Health Equity Strategy
Federal oversight of healthcare is changing, with a greater emphasis on equity and consumer rights. In this first year of the new administration, we saw
Health equity is now an unavoidable issue. EDITOR’S NOTE: Katherine Lusk, the 93rd president and chair for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), recently
Understanding the intersection of COVID-19 and SDoH. Over the past 20 months, I’ve reviewed countless nooks and crannies of COVID’s intersection with the social determinants
Stigmatizing language should be avoided whenever possible. I read an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) a few weeks ago that
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