Facts, Conclusions, and More Questions on the Road to Solving Disparities
"We tested whether new payment mechanisms could be harnessed in health care delivery reform to reduce health and health care disparities. Here’s what we found."
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Finding Answers Meets Bridging the Gap to Share Lessons Learned
The Merck Foundation recently launched Bridging the Gap, a pioneering effort to address the social and medical causes of disparities in diabetes care in eight underserved communities across the United States. Its stakeholders are particularly interested in developing sustainable models that address the medical and social needs of vulnerable populations.
Engaging Payers in Health Care Equity Interventions
Healthfirst is a provider of Medicaid Managed Care plans in downstate New York and, in concert with our sponsor hospitals and medical centers in New York City, has been at the forefront of value-based care models since we were founded 25 years ago. As a Medicaid plan provider, people with a variety of complex health needs trust us on their care journey, so we care about health inequities and the impact on our communities.
Value-based Payment Policies Can Help Reduce Health Care Disparities—If We Do It Right
As the health care system moves towards value-based payment, we need performance measures that can assess and monitor disparities in health and health care. The National Quality Forum’s Health Equity Roadmap provides a structure to reconsider longstanding disparities in the context of value-based payment and emerging care models.
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Solving Disparities
Observations from grantees, staff and partners of the Finding Answers program as they work to address health care disparities through payment and delivery system reform.