Health Equity

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is committing $25 million to aid local providers in their efforts to eliminate racial and ethnicity-based healthcare inequities — the latest move since the company announced in February it would work to combat inequities. 

Members of Congress are being pressured by patient advocates and medical groups to require Medicare to cover obesity drugs and obesity-related behavioral therapy.

As the uninsured rate among children begins to increase over the last several years, President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act could play a crucial role in reversing the trend. 

A local artist in Marinette, Wis., has donated five sculptures to the Aurora Medical Center-Bay Area to honor the contributions of a former hospital executive and his late wife, The Eagle Herald reported Nov. 28. 

CVS Health is investing $7.7 million into an affordable housing project in Tampa, Fla., the company announced Nov. 22.

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Children's Specialized Hospital hopes to raise $45 million from donors in its Transforming Lives 2.0 campaign, led by Major League Baseball player and Toms River, N.J., native Todd Frazier and his wife, Jackie, who are serving as…

A $2 million, three-year grant from the UnitedHealth Foundation is helping St. Louis-based Harris-Stowe University launch a bioinformatics program. 

Cleveland Clinic will receive donations totaling $8 million from Jones Day and the Jones Day Foundation, which will be used to establish initiatives for community health workers and legal-medical aid.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and wellness consulting firm National Fitness Campaign will build 15 public outdoor fitness courts across the commonwealth next year.

Despite their widespread acceptance and use of behavioral healthcare, baby boomers are beginning to face challenges with Medicare's limited coverage of therapy and similar services.