Health Equity

Nashville, Tenn.-based Meharry Medical College has received a $20 million gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, which will be used to fight health disparities and improve health equity.

Anthem's philanthropic arm, the Anthem Foundation, is contributing $14.5 million in grants to support maternal health, the payer announced March 2. 

A $25 million gift will enable Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health to launch a health equity institute. 

CMS is earmarking $49.4 million to reduce the number of uninsured children, parents and pregnant people across the country. 

Twenty-one payers were recognized by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation as some of the best places to work for LGBTQ+ equality.

Donations from Kansas City Chiefs fans are pouring into Buffalo, N.Y.-based Oishei Children's Hospital after the team's win against the Buffalo Bills on Jan. 23, with more than $406,000 from more than 18,000 donors, Kristen Bieber, marketing manager of the…

A Labor Department report found faults both in provider and payer mental health parity, and is now moving forward to further enforce parity and "correct those failures," according to a Jan. 25 Marketplace report.

The widespread adoption of telehealth is what UnitedHealth Group CMO Margaret-Mary Wilson, MD, calls "one of the most dramatic changes" in healthcare, but the next step is using that development to drive health equity. 

Florida Blue parent company GuideWell named Kelli Tice, MD, the company's first chief health equity officer, according to a Jan. 19 news release shared with Becker's. 

The Health Resources and Services Administration is expanding ACA preventive care and screening coverage for women and children, HHS announced Jan. 11.