HHS has released enhanced “National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care,” which is a series of guidelines to inform and facilitate practices related to culturally and linguistically appropriate health services. The 15 standards, which were developed by the HHS Office of Minority Health, comprehensively update earlier national
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
Compliance With Language Access Services Guidelines
By Debra A. McCurdy on
The OIG has issued two reports on the extent to which Medicare providers and plans offered language access services consistent with HHS Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care (CLAS) standards. The first report concluded that that 69% of Medicare providers conducted the four-factor assessment recommended by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)…