Mention racial and ethnic disparities in U.S. health care and one of the first words that comes to mind is intractable.
How One Health Plan Reduced Disparities in Medication Adherence
SCAN Health Plan reduced the gap by 35% — the equivalent of roughly 700 more Black and Hispanic members taking their medications as prescribed.
July 11, 2022
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Summary.
SCAN Health Plan, a not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plan that serves more than 270,000 people in Arizona, California, and Nevada, employed a process to improve the percentage of Black and Hispanic patients who took their cholesterol, diabetes, and blood pressure medicines as prescribed. The approach can be used to reduce other racial or ethnic disparities in health care.