Providers are putting more focus than ever on health equity. Here’s how payers can support them

Fierce Healthcare October 11, 2021
Paige Minemyer

Health equity is increasingly a priority for providers, and insurers can be a key partner in supporting those efforts, according to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).

More than half of health systems surveyed (58%) identified health equity as a top priority, up from 25% saying the same in 2019. Equity placed second to safety in the survey, which was flagged by 59% of surveyed systems.

Kedar Mate, M.D., president and CEO of IHI, told Fierce Healthcare that the “really immaterial” difference between the two is telling and highlights just how strongly they’re invested in addressing this issue.

“I think the thing that is the biggest observable change in the report is the marked increase in organizations addressing health equity,”...

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