Senior Consultant Health Management Associates Chicago, Illinois
State Medicaid programs must address health disparities and advance health justice for members with disabilities – including those with mental illness and substance use disorder (SUD). Learn more about a 2021 report by Health Management Associates (HMA) that outlined a path forward with a candid discussion of how to measure health disparities, present the evidence on health disparities from one state’s Medicaid program and what federal and state policymakers can do to address health justice stemming from racial injustice, discrimination, bias and stigma in our health care system.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss what health justice and other related terms mean.
Identify how to measure health disparities affecting Medicaid members with disabilities – including those with mental illness and SUD.
Examine evidence on health disparities from one state Medicaid program’s efforts.
Examine the national implications of this evidence on Medicaid members.
Review what actions policymakers can take to advance health justice.