Making the Case for Addressing Health Disparities: What Drives Providers and Payers?
Purpose: The creation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health placed increased emphasis on federal efforts to address health disparities. Although the literature establishes a social justice case for addressing health disparities, there is limited evidence o...
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Mary Ann Liebert
2018-05-01
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| description | Purpose: The creation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health placed increased emphasis on federal efforts to address health disparities. Although the literature establishes a social justice case for addressing health disparities, there is limited evidence of this case being sufficient for businesses to invest in such initiatives. The purpose of this study was to better understand the ?business case? behind an organization's investment in health disparity reduction work.
Methods: We conducted six case studies (44 on-site interviews) with diverse private-sector provider and payer organizations.
Results: While providers and payers cited business rationales for initiating disparity-focused efforts, their motivations differed.
Conclusion: As federal entities address health disparities, and payment models shift from volume to value, engaging private stakeholders with the leverage to move the health disparities needle is of principal importance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-857f0143017e4a7aafaa72f9ea88c9be2024-01-09T04:03:04ZengMary Ann LiebertHealth Equity2473-12422018-05-0121748110.1089/HEQ.2017.0034Making the Case for Addressing Health Disparities: What Drives Providers and Payers?Margaret Johnson0Heather McPheron1Rachel Dolin2Julia Doherty3Lisa Green4L&M, Policy ResearchL&M, Policy ResearchDavid A. Winston Health Policy FellowshipL&M, Policy ResearchL&M, Policy ResearchPurpose: The creation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health placed increased emphasis on federal efforts to address health disparities. Although the literature establishes a social justice case for addressing health disparities, there is limited evidence of this case being sufficient for businesses to invest in such initiatives. The purpose of this study was to better understand the ?business case? behind an organization's investment in health disparity reduction work. Methods: We conducted six case studies (44 on-site interviews) with diverse private-sector provider and payer organizations. Results: While providers and payers cited business rationales for initiating disparity-focused efforts, their motivations differed. Conclusion: As federal entities address health disparities, and payment models shift from volume to value, engaging private stakeholders with the leverage to move the health disparities needle is of principal importance.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2017.0034business casecase studiesdisparitieseconomic casehealth disparities |
| spellingShingle | Margaret Johnson Heather McPheron Rachel Dolin Julia Doherty Lisa Green Making the Case for Addressing Health Disparities: What Drives Providers and Payers? Health Equity business case case studies disparities economic case health disparities |
| title | Making the Case for Addressing Health Disparities: What Drives Providers and Payers? |
| title_full | Making the Case for Addressing Health Disparities: What Drives Providers and Payers? |
| title_fullStr | Making the Case for Addressing Health Disparities: What Drives Providers and Payers? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making the Case for Addressing Health Disparities: What Drives Providers and Payers? |
| title_short | Making the Case for Addressing Health Disparities: What Drives Providers and Payers? |
| title_sort | making the case for addressing health disparities what drives providers and payers |
| topic | business case case studies disparities economic case health disparities |
| url | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2017.0034 |
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