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Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008: Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Publication Date: December 2008
Publisher(s): Families USA
Author(s): Sherice Perry
Topic: Health (Health services for minorities)
Keywords: health disparities; uninsured; MIPPA; Medicare
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This issue brief discusses how the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) addresses health disparities within the Medicare population. MIPPA provisions to address these issues include: improved data collection for measuring and evaluating health disparities, outreach to the previously uninsured, and compliance with cultural competency standards.