As part of our commitment to advance health equity and strengthen the Medicare Program, CMS has released two Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports to post-acute care (PAC) providers: the Discharge to Community (DTC) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report and the Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Health Equity Confidential Feedback Report. To provide insight on outcome differences across social risk factors, the Health Equity Confidential Feedback Reports stratify these two PAC Quality Reporting Program measure outcomes by Medicare-Medicaid dual-enrollment status (duals and non-duals), as well as patient race/ethnicity (Non-White and White patients). This data is meant to provide feedback to organizations about their performance for certain populations who may have been historically disadvantaged. These reports are educational for organizations, and to identify opportunities for facilities to focus their internal quality improvement initiatives to provide all individuals their best opportunity to achieve their best potential health outcomes.
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