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How States Can Use Measurement as a Foundation for Tackling Health Disparities in Medicaid Managed Care

This issue brief provides examples from a handful of states that have begun the work of identifying, evaluating, and reducing health disparities within their Medicaid managed care programs.

Additionally, it offers an approach for other states interested in measuring disparities in health care quality in Medicaid managed care as a step towards achieving health equity, such that all Medicaid managed care enrollees have a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.

The companion summary, provides an overview of the step-by-step approach for states interested in measuring disparities in health care quality within Medicaid managed care.