Health Equity
How health care organizations can work to improve LGBTQ+ care
Health care organizations need to do a better job in creating a welcoming, inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ patients. Experts say they can do so through employee education, improving sexual orientation and gender identity data collection and getting buy in across the C-Suite.
Health System Resilience
Why data needs to drive the transition to value-based care
Executives who ‘own’ and leverage data can better understand cost centers, engage providers, drive patients to high-value care and address systemic inequities.
M&A
Health care M&A report: The deals are coming fast and furious
Reviewing some of the major mergers and acquisitions that occurred from March to June, in general the spring months saw numerous high-value deals across the provider, life sciences and health tech sectors.
Health Equity
Zing Health CEO Eric Whitaker on Medicare Advantage’s potential in reducing disparities
Whitaker, who spent four years as the Director of the Illinois Department of Health, says that Medicare Advantage addresses the social determinants of health in ways that traditional Medicare plans do not.
Leadership
Health Evolution CEO Reading List
Chief executives of providers, payers and life sciences organizations can look to this frequently updated list for articles and resources about health care and leadership.
Affordability
In a competitive digital health landscape, it’s hard to stand out
With so much activity in the sector, how can innovators distinguish themselves? Among payers and providers, considerations often center on how the solution meets a strategic need, if it can generate ROI, how it differs from others in the marketplace and if it’s easy to integrate.
Policy
Updated: Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act by 7-2 margin. Back when the case was being decided, Oscar Health and Centene chief executives were confident it would survive and continued to plan ahead in efforts to expand ACA marketplace plans.
Leadership
Health care execs on the move: Former government officials find new landing spots
In this month’s edition, we spotlight recent movements by government officials, including former HHS Secretary Alex Azar and former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, MD.
COVID
Data dive: How employers are encouraging the workforce to receive COVID-19 vaccines
While some hospitals are mandating that employees become vaccinated, few executives across industries are enacting such policies. Instead, they are enabling vaccine uptake with scheduling flexibility, financial incentives, and targeted communications — all tactics that health care executives might consider whether they require vaccination or not.
Health Equity
CityMD founder Richard Park on improving care for Asian Americans in NYC
With his latest venture, Rendr, the entrepreneur is working to apply the same self-advocacy, scalability and standardization concepts that worked well to improve care for Asian American populations.
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Creating a culture of diversity and inclusion
In this Health Evolution Confab Leaderships Series video installment, Mandy Cohen, MD, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and Lloyd Dean, CEO of CommonSpirit Health, share strategies on how to create a culture of inclusion and manage executives who don't recognize the value of diversity.
"When I was first running our department, my leadership team was not diverse. It required us making leadership changes to make room for folks from diverse backgrounds, which means I had to actually ask a couple of senior people to not be part of that leadership team anymore in order to bring on leaders that reflect the communities we serve."
Mandy Cohen, MD, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
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