MedCity News January 13, 2022
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is leveraging data and value-based contracts to reduce disparities it has observed and publicly revealed within its own patient population, while also providing financial support to groups that help physicians address health equity.
There are early indications that advancing health equity is going beyond just lip service and is taking central priority at healthcare organizations of all stripes.
It was a theme that panelists at the 40th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference taking place virtually this week returned to over and over be they employers, providers or payers and no matter the session topic.
Insofar as action goes, one payer that is on the forefront of putting words to action appears to be Blue...