• Center on Health Equity & Access
  • Clinical
  • Health Care Cost
  • Health Care Delivery
  • Insurance
  • Policy
  • Technology
  • Value-Based Care

Building the Foundation for Reducing Disparities in Medicare Advantage

Article

Humana developed a novel health disparities measure to guide disparity-focused initiatives and track progress in achieving health equity.

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed social and structural inequities leading to poor health outcomes, and policy makers and health care organizations are seeking ways to use data to inform strategies to improve equity. Although there is broad agreement that measurement is an essential tool, the best way to measure health inequities is an open question. Leaders at Humana have taken actions to better understand disparities in members’ health by developing a new health equity measure.

Read the full commentary.

Related Videos
 Rakendu Rajendran, MBBS, Virtua Health
Dr Brian Mulherin
Dr Brian Mulherin
UPMC Title Slide Open | Image Credit: © Notebook and Maggie Shaw
Vivek Bhalla, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr Brian Mulherin
Emma Guttman, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dr Davey Daniel
Dr Davey Daniel
Related Content
© 2025 MJH Life Sciences
AJMC®
All rights reserved.