MedCity News November 10, 2024
Whitney Haggerson — vice president of health equity and Medicaid at Providence — discussed the significance of her role, as well as how her health system is working to give all employees, regardless of title, the skills needed to help reduce health inequities.
Over the past decade or so, health systems have been adding new roles to their leadership teams, such as chief innovation officer, chief population health officer and chief wellness officer.
Last month at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas, I spoke with Whitney Haggerson about the significance of her unique role: vice president of health equity and Medicaid at Providence.
“Thinking about a system like ours that spans seven states, we need a focus on Medicaid...