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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has identified reducing health care disparities for underserved Medicare beneficiary populations as a national health care priority.
As part of its commitment to reduce health care disparities, CMS has launched the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) initiative. This is a national initiative that will assist clinicians and physician practices in implementing the national CLAS standards while promoting cultural competency training. IPRO, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for New York State, has brought this initiative to New York State physician practices through the Practice Cultural Quality Leaders (PCQL) initiative. PCQL participants will work on provider training and practice site systems changes related to the CLAS standards and cultural competency.
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Congratulations to PCQL participants