The goals of the Culture Matters initiative are to:

• Improve the quality of healthcare provided to underserved Medicare beneficiaries in Arizona;
   
• Increase primary care provider’s knowledge of the Culturally Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards and;
   
• Promote the adoption and implementation of the CLAS standards.

HSAG provides practices participating in Culture Matters support with:

1. Assessing the level of implementation of CLAS Standards in the practice
    
2. Completing a self-paced on-line training program entitled “A Family Physician’s Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care”, developed by the Office of Minority Health (OMH) and receiving up to 9.0 Category 1 CME from the American Medical Association
    
3. Identifying resources and providing recommendations to support the implementation of the CLAS Standards