Health Equity in Value Based Payments

Health Equity Should Be a Key Value in Value-Based Payment and Delivery Reform

By: Sahil Sandhu

By: Robert S. Saunders PhD

By: Mark B. McClellan MD PhD

By: Charlene A. Wong MD MSHP

Value-based payment (VBP) structures have the potential to reduce health disparities and, during the pandemic, health care organizations with VBP models have had greater flexibility to effectively pivot their care delivery.

This Health Affairs Blog post outlines three strategies for payers and providers to embrace health equity in VBP design and implementation.

LINK: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20201119.836369/full/

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Racial Biases And Health Disparities

400 Years Since Jamestown

Dear Dr. David,

This month AJPH has a collection of papers reviewing the lasting imprint of slavery in public health, 400 years since Jamestown, and presents articles that discuss equity, nutrition and human trafficking.

Visit ajph.org for our latest podcast and these and other articles from our October 2019 issue:

Please join AJPH at our session, “Reparations: The Public Health Perspective 400 YEARS Since Jamestown” at APHA’s Annual Meeting and Expo on Monday, Nov. 4 at 8:30 a.m. Mark it on your calendar and in the meeting app.

The mission of the journal is to advance public health research, policy, practice and education. Toward that goal, the journal also produces monthly podcasts in English, Spanish and Chinese.

Be on the lookout for more timely research from AJPH, and consider subscribing or becoming an APHA member for full access.

Sincerely,

Alfredo Morabia, MD, PhD

Editor-in-chief, AJPH

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Geographic Variations in Life Expectancy

In 2016

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