Healthcare Innovation March 26, 2021
By merging clinical and social data into a registry, the payer gets a clearer picture of where intervention would be likely to have the most impact
Speaking during WEDI’s “Quest for Health Equity” virtual program on March 24, L.A. Care Health Plan’s James Kyle, M.D., urged health plans to consider the responsibility they have to partner on community efforts to reduce health disparities. On the same panel, Catherine Anderson, senior vice president for policy and strategic engagement at UnitedHealthcare, discussed the importance of gathering and integrating actionable data to address those disparities.
Anderson said United Healthcare is putting considerable effort into bolstering its data infrastructure, particularly as it relates to some of the most complex populations that it serves....