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Fall Flu Events for Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality & Equity

September 23, 2022 No Comments

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 23, 2022) — The National Minority Quality Forum’s Center for Health Care Quality and Equity (SHC) unveiled plans to increase flu vaccination awareness throughout the 2022-23 influenza season. During the flu season, the SHC will engage with several health systems and approximately 30 clinics implementing activities to increase flu vaccination in the

The Equity Advocate: Volume 1, Number 1

August 26, 2022 No Comments

THE DIRECTOR’S CORNER Welcome to The Equity Advocate, a monthly overview of the critical issues and events that are trending, or influence the efforts of our members and stakeholders to identify and realign structural inequities in the American health services research, delivery, and financing system. NMQF’s Institute for Equity in Health Policy and Practice is a member-driven

Op-Ed: What Astronomy Can Teach Us About Health Care

August 15, 2022 No Comments

Humans are pretty darn special — but you wouldn’t know it from looking at our healthcare system.

NMQF Praises CMS New ICD-10 Codes for the Treatment of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease

August 2, 2022 No Comments

On August 2, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the release of the FY2023 ICD-10-CM Code Files. The NMQF National Alliance for Brain Health and Awareness is pleased that the coding proposal produced by our ICD-10-CM Coding Initiative for the Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia and Stages of Severity of Alzheimer’s Disease is

Poll: Over Half of Voters of Color Oppose Government Negotiation of Drug Prices Once They Learn About Consequences for Patients

July 27, 2022 No Comments

New Survey Reveals Healthcare Policy Priorities of Communities of Color WASHINGTON – The National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) and National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) released results from a recent joint poll conducted by Morning Consult revealing that voters with chronic conditions, seniors, and voters of color’s top health care priorities for the midterm elections

National Minority Quality Forum’s Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity Receives Grant from Novo Nordisk to Fund Program Aimed at Improving Diabetes Outcomes

July 21, 2022 No Comments

National Minority Quality Forum’s Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity (SHC) announced that it received a grant from Novo Nordisk Inc. to fund its “DRIVE for Sustained and Equitable Diabetes Outcomes through Quality Improvement and Community-Led Intervention” program to engage in a multi-tiered approach supported by national infrastructure that prioritizes community leadership and co-design between experts in barbershops, salons, Black churches, and a community-based health clinic in Oakland, Calif.