Skip to main content
  • Brand Journalism Logo

  • Health news stories
  • Search

    Search form in Header

    • Journalism Logo
    • BCBSMA Home
    • Wellness
      • Financial Well-being
      • Fitness
      • Healthy Eating
      • Social Wellbeing
      • All Wellness
    • Innovation
      • Emerging Trends
      • Health Quality & Affordability
      • Policy
      • Technology
      • All Innovation
    • Illness & Conditions
      • Children’s Health
      • Chronic Conditions
      • Patient Stories
      • Preventive Care
      • Substance Use
      • All Illness And Conditions
    • Aging
      • Care at Home
      • End-of-Life Planning
      • Healthy Aging
      • All Aging
    • In Depth
    • All Stories
    • About Us

Nov 23, 2021

Why health plans must address racial inequities in health care

Jennifer Miller

Blue Cross leaders detail transparent, collaborative, data-driven approach to eliminating disparities 

Jennifer Miller | News Service of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Addressing racial inequities in health care should be part of the core work of health plans, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts CEO Andrew Dreyfus and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sandhya Rao say in a new oped. 

Profile

 

Equity is the unfinished business of health care reform. The inequities that our organization and many others are working to address are centuries old and extend far beyond health care. But we believe that health plans, in collaboration with their members, employer customers, community partners, and the medical community, can make meaningful changes to reduce them.

- Dreyfus and Rao write, noting Blue Cross recently launched Massachusetts’ first collaborative effort between a health plan and the medical community designed specifically to eliminate health inequities.

Read the full STAT oped

 

Did you find this article informative?

All Coverage content can be reprinted for free.

Read more here.

tags: racial inequities health disparity equity

A NEWS SERVICE OF

BCBSMA logo

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. ® Registered Marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

® ´, TM, SM Registered, Service, and Trade Marks are the property of their respective owners. © 2019 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc..,

and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts HMO Blue, Inc.

 

Subscribe to our newsletter