Health Equity

Highmark Health is partnering with talent acquisition organization Inroads to push for greater diversity and equity in healthcare, Inroads said Sept. 15.

A lawsuit filed Sept. 13 accuses Aetna of discriminatory policies against LGBTQ members who seek fertility treatments. 

Opioid related deaths are rising much faster in the Black population than other racial and eithnic groups, a study published Sept. 9 in The American Journal of Public Health found. 

A study published in JAMA Health Forum found that after 2.7 million Americans lost their insurance in the spring and summer of 2020, fall saw declining insurance rates stabilize.

An Urban Institute report funded by the Commonwealth Fund found that permanently keeping subsidies created by the American Rescue Plan Act and expanding marketplace subsidies to close the Medicaid coverage gap would strengthen insurance coverage and affordability. 

Twenty years after 9/11, the first responders are struggling to receive benefits promised to them for their service as health conditions tied to being on ground zero continue to flare up.

OptumHealth Education is releasing a new educational program to equip providers with tools to best deliver care to members of the LGBTQ community. 

Humana is investing $25 million into eight states in an effort to promote affordable housing and tackle social determinants of health.

UnitedHealth is seeking to increase healthcare accessibility and outcomes for underserved communities in Oklahoma through $4.5 million in grants.

Missouri is implementing a new law to enforce a federal mental health parity law, making it the final state to do so.