Building off of increased momentum to address health equity and support health system resiliency, the LAN is proud to convene a Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT), turning this momentum into action. As a public-private partnership, the LAN recognizes that alternative payment model (APM) design and implementation must intentionally address factors that drive health inequities.
The LAN established the HEAT to help identify and prioritize opportunities to advance health equity through APMs, to influence design principles and to inform LAN priorities and initiatives. Its goal is person-centered—leverage APMs to help make needed care more accessible, drive better patient outcomes, and reduce disparities. Patient experiences, priorities, and perceptions are crucial elements the HEAT will explore.
The HEAT’s diverse team of regional and national implementers and health equity subject matter experts brings valuable perspectives for and experience with identifying and mitigating health inequities across communities and in the nation’s health care system.
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Bukata Hayes
Vice President of Racial and Health Equity
BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota
Cary Sanders
Senior Policy Director
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Dr. Craig Jones
Partner
Capitol Health Associates
Dr. LaShawn McIver
Director
Office of Minority Health
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Jean Moody-Williams
Deputy Director
Center for Clinical Standards & Quality
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Dr. Ellen-Marie Whelan
Chief Population Health Officer
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Dr. Dora Hughes
Senior Advisor
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Kate Davidson
Director, Learning and Diffusion Group
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Christina Severin
President & Chief Executive Officer
Community Care Cooperative
Dr. Jorge Petit
President & Chief Executive Officer
Coordinated Behavioral Care, Inc.
Dr. Alice Hm Chen
Chief Medical Officer
Covered California
Dr. Romana Hasnain-Wynia
Chief Research Officer
Denver Health
Dr. Pamela Riley
Medical Director
Department of Health Care Finance
Washington DC Medicaid
Dr. Damon Francis
Chief Clinical Officer
Health Leads
Dr. David Nerenz
Director Emeritus of Center for Health Policy &
Health Services Research
Henry Ford Health System
Dr. Jennifer Moore
Founding Executive Director
Institute for Medicaid Innovation
Sinsi Hernández-Cancio
Vice President for Health Justice
National Partnership for Women & Families
Kelly Crosbie*
Chief Quality and Population Health Officer,
Division of Health Benefits, NC Medicaid
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Chris DeMars
Director, Transformation Center
Deputy Director, Delivery Systems Innovation Office
Oregon Health Authority
Dr. Jose Peña*
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Medical Director
Rio Grande Valley ACO
Jerry Peterson
Executive Director
Ruth Ellis Center
Dr. Laurie Zephyrin
Vice President, Health System Equity
The Commonwealth Fund
Aswita Tan-McGrory
Director
The Disparities Solutions Center
Administrative Director
The Mondan Institute
U. Michael Currie
Senior Vice President & Chief Health Equity Officer
UnitedHealth Group
Jennifer Kons
Health Director, Community Investment
United Way of Greater Cleveland
Dr. Lenny Lopez
Professor of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
Chief of Hospital Medicine
San Francisco VA Medical Center