title: Data On Race, Ethnicity, And Language Largely Incomplete For Managed Care Plan Members.
abstract: The Affordable Care Act requires the federal government to collect and report population data on race, ethnicity, and language needs to help reduce health and health care disparities. We assessed data availability in commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare managed care plans using the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set. Data availability varied but remained largely incomplete.
authors.affiliation: Judy H. Ng (ng@ncqa.org) is a research scientist at the National Committee for Quality Assurance, in Washington, D.C., and a visiting research collaborator at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, in New Jersey.
authors.forename: Judy H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.affiliation: Faye Ye is a senior health care analyst at the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
authors.forename: Faye
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Lauren M. Ward is a senior health care analyst at the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.affiliation: Samuel C. "Chris" Haffer is director of the Data and Policy Analytics Group, Office of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Samuel C Chris
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Haffer
authors.affiliation: Sarah Hudson Scholle is vice president at the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
authors.forename: Sarah Hudson
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Scholle
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000592:standards; D000075485:Population Health; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States
keywords: Disparities; Managed Care; Minority Health; Quality Of Care