Center on Health Equity & Access

Risk of primary hypertension in youth may be significantly higher in poor neighborhoods.

COVID-19 strained already-burdened community partners, affecting service delivery, communication, and partnerships. Managed care organization (MCO) partnerships with these organizations evolved in response to changing needs and resources.

Expanding Medicare coverage for obesity drugs; tens of thousands of doctors begin 3-day strike; a surge in Black infant deaths in 2020 highlights racial disparities.

Community social determinants of health such as rurality and low socioeconomic status moderate the association between an individual’s race and emergency care use.

Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, MBA, chief, Solid Tumor Medical Oncology; deputy director; and chief scientific officer at Miami Cancer Institute, addressed disparities in genomic testing among minority patients with cancer, as well as equitable care strategies at his organization’s Center for Equity in Cancer Care & Research.

Abstracts presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology conference examined how ethnic and language barriers in respiratory care affect Hispanic patients, with results showing the need for improved asthma care.

The findings, published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, add to the evidence that the shift to precision medicine is built on data that have not included sufficient numbers of patients of color.

In a recent webinar, health care experts discussed how addressing social determinants of health by investing in various areas can benefit patients and payers.

When a series of winter storms in Austin, Texas, in February 2021, 62% of children with epilepsy were negatively affected, according to a new study.

Panelists at the keynote session of the Value-Based Insurance Design Summit highlighted what their organizations are doing in health equity.

Health plans use data to decide on quality improvement initiatives. Having a dashboard that characterizes how equitably plans are serving their enrollees would promote health equity.

How asthma and other skin conditions cluster in Black children and a finding of increased risk of respiratory infections in Black and Mexican-American children with asthma were among the studies presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) conference.

Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA, oncology fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and incoming medical director at Thyme Care, spoke on financial toxicity, heterogeneity of cancer, and other complex factors in oncology care systems that may perpetuate disparities in health care outcomes and delivery among patients.

Speaking at the 72nd American College of Cardiology Scientific Session in New Orleans on Sunday, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, the vice dean for diversity and inclusion at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, challenged the audience to rethink what success looks like in health care.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Jennifer Schneider, MD, co-founder and chief executive officer of Homeward, a value-based care provider aiming to improve access to high-quality care in rural communities through tech-enabled clinical services, partnerships with local physicians and health plans, and community-level demographic data.

Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates’ No One Left Alone initiative works to dismantle cancer health disparities and increase health care equity among its rural patient population. Sashi Naidu, MD, director of research, discusses delivering next-generation sequencing testing to patients.

Kirk Campbell, MD, FASN, vice chair for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, spoke on health equity efforts by his organization to improve clinical outcomes through demographic data collection, educational research, and workforce training.

The findings of the ACCESS study show the complex challenge of improving medication adherence among the most fragile members of society.

This new study evaluated the potential impact of unmet social needs on risk of severe asthma in children.

Potential disparities in care highlight the great need for tailored cardiovascular health (CVH) interventions among bisexual female individuals, according to a recent study.

Seeking to speed up the execution of evidence-based care practices, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) announced the 42 health systems across the country who will join a 5-year program to build capacity and implementation to improve health care outcomes.

Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, FACEP, vice president and chief health equity officer for CVS Health, speaks on the launch of her organization’s Community Equity Alliance that aims to address structural barriers to equitable care in underserved communities through partnerships with local academic and health care institutions.

Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, MBA, Miami Cancer Institute, discussed efforts being taken by his organization’s Center for Equity in Cancer Care & Research to address disparities in clinical trial enrollment of minority patients in the United States.

Braden Manns, MD, MSc, a nephrologist and health economics researcher at the University of Calgary in Canada, will present the results of a randomized trial evaluating the impact of removing co-payments for drugs that treat chronic conditions on cardiovascular outcomes during the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sunday, March 5.

Reproductive and infertility care providers need to be aware of economic, racial, and ethnic disparities that act as barriers to care, and to work to lessen the impact of these barriers, according to a recent review.