State Employee Health Care Quality and Health Disparities Report

Over the past few years, ACHI has maintained a good relationship with the Department of Employment and Welfare (EBD) of Arkansas State Finance and Administration Department. ACHI designed and completed several analysis projects used by EBD in considering the design and management of health plans. In addition, ACHI can use the EBD crowd to simulate the concept of health policy. ACHI will help EBD understand medical changes such as affordable medical laws and advises on health plans and their impact on members. In addition, ACHI will help EBD participate in the Arkansas payment improvement program with emphasis on improving healthcare and quality, reducing program costs, and reducing the members of the EBD program.

Medical accessibility and quality in the United States are greatly different. Annual National Health Management Variance Report issued by Healthcare Research and Quality Institute since 2003 documented the differences between race, ethnicity, income, and other population groups and emphasized priority areas of action . The Federal Qualification Health Center (FQHC) is subject to a certain type of public redemption that provides comprehensive primary care and preventive care, regardless of the patient's ability to pay. These centers were originally designed to provide healthcare to disadvantaged groups that are under-served to provide safety net service to uninsured people. Medicaid and CHIP provide public health insurance for certain low-income people. At the local and state level, there are many public and private initiatives.

The difference between health and medical care is a long-standing task for the United States. The difference not only leads to inequality, but also limits the ongoing improvement of the quality of care and population health, inviting unnecessary medical expenses. Several measures have been taken to deal with the gap, affordable medical law (ACA) includes measures to promote reduction of the gap. The important step to solving the difference is to identify and document them. This information is necessary to develop and identify interventions and track progress. The data available for measuring the difference has been improved. It is worth noting that ACA requires all federal data collection efforts to obtain information on race, ethnicity, gender, first language and disability status. However, there are still gaps in the data, especially for certain racial and ethnic groups.

The following is a summary of the differences between American race and ethnic health care. "Reduction of burden: utilization of health care to cope with ethnic and ethnic differences in long-term patient care" and "Measuring gap: collection of data to promote improvement in health care differences" We will deal with the differences and ensure that all Americans, regardless of race or ethnicity, receive the high-quality medical treatment they need when needed.