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Goals of the HHS Action Plan include transforming health care and expanding access, building on the provisions of the Affordable Care Act related to expanded insurance coverage and increased access to care. The plan also calls for more opportunities to increase the number of students from populations underrepresented in the health professions ...
Feb 14, 2024 · Ensuring that all people, including underserved populations, have optimal opportunities for healthy and thriving lives continues to be a priority for HHS. The 2023 Equity Action Plan, with the support of HHS policies and approaches, aids in HHS’ efforts to reach, facilitate, and advance health and well-being for all.
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Dec 7, 2022 · The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) invites stakeholders to provide written comments on the Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) National Action Plan Targets. The HHS Core Group of the HAI National Action Plan reviewed data pre-pandemic and between 2020 and 2021 and developed potential 5-year targets based on assumptions ...
This Equity Action Plan focuses on a main tenet of EO 13985, that advancing equity must be a central component of the decision-mak-ing framework that all agency functions are routed through. Using the definition of equity presented in EO 13985,1 this plan takes the perspective that it is incumbent on HHS to move urgently to assess and change ...
HHS has selected five areas of focus for our 2023 equity action plan. These actions are a selection of HHS’s work to advance equity. They correspond with HHS 2022-2026 strategic plan and key Biden-Harris Administration priorities for HHS. The plan also sits in parallel to specific efforts related to equity within HHS’s family of agencies ...
Furthermore, the HHS Disparities Action Plan builds on national health disparities’ goals and objectives recently unveiled in . Healthy People 2020, and leverages key provisions of the Affordable Care Act and other cutting-edge HHS initiatives. With the HHS Disparities Action Plan, the Department commits to continuously assessing the impact of
HHS has a fundamental role to play in advancing health equity to ensure that every person in our nation can achieve their full potential and thrive. HHS believes it is incumbent on the agency to ...
