Tag: High Risk
CMS to update COVID-19 data monthly
June 23, 2020HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Older Americans and those with chronic health conditions are at the highest risk for COVID-19, according to data released by CMS this week.
The data confirms long-understood disparities in health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority groups, and among low-income populations, the agency says.
“The disparities in the data reflect long-standing challenges facing minority communities and low income older adults, many of whom face structural challenges to their health that go...