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Why Health Plans Are Vital to Health Equity

HIT Consultant

Disparities in the way medical professionals assess and treat pain in people of color, for example, have been the focus of many studies and reflect an unconscious bias among some medical professionals that prevents members from getting the care they need. Create a social index score.

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Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid: A Strategy for Supporting Primary Care in Rural Areas

NASHP

[ii] These shortages of primary care providers (PCPs), who serve as the entry point to medical care and often play a large role in coordinating patient care, create challenges for residents of rural areas, the PCPs who serve them, and the Medicaid agencies responsible for providing access to services for program participants throughout the state.

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About This Resource Guide: Promising Practices to Address Health Disparities

NASHP

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health : Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. There is growing consensus that accurate and complete collection of race and ethnicity data is a key element to addressing health equity.