Health Equity Director. The Health Equity Director must: Hold at least a bachelor's degree from a recognized college or university and a minimum of five years professional work experience, preferably in public health, social/human services, social work, public policy, health care, education, community development, or justice; Have demonstrated community and stakeholder engagement experience; and Have experience in actively applying or overseeing the application of science-based quality improvement methods to reduce health disparities. The primary roles and responsibilities of the Health Equity Director are to: In close coordination with the Population Health Director, oversee the MCO's strategic design, implementation, and evaluation of health equity efforts in the context of the MCO's population health initiatives; Inform decision-making around best payer practices related to disparity reductions, including the provision of health equity and social determinant of health resources and research to leadership and programmatic areas; Inform decision-making regarding best payer practices related to disparity reductions, including providing MCO teams with relevant and applicable resources and research and ensuring that the perspectives of members with disparate outcomes are incorporated into the tailoring of intervention strategies; Collaborate with the MCO's Chief Information Officer to ensure the MCO collects and meaningfully uses race, ethnicity, and language data to identify disparities; Coordinate and collaborate with members, providers, local and state government, community-based organizations, ODM, and other ODM-contracted managed care entities to impact health disparities at a population level; and Ensure that efforts addressed at improving health equity, reducing disparities, and improving cultural competence are designed collaboratively with other ODM-contracted managed care entities to have a collective impact for the population and that lessons learned are incorporated into future decision-making.
Health Equity Director. The Health Equity Director must:
Health Equity Director. The Health Equity Director shall be a full-time position, filled by Contractor no later than the second quarter of CY2022. The Health Equity Director must: (1) hold at least a bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university and a minimum of five years professional work experience, preferably in public health, social/human services, social work, public policy, health care, education, community development, or justice; (2) have demonstrated community and stakeholder engagement experience; and (3) have experience in actively applying or overseeing the application of science-based quality improvement methods to reduce health disparities. Primary role and responsibilities include: oversee Contractor’s strategic design, implementation, and evaluation of health equity efforts in the context of Contractor’s population health initiatives; inform decision-making around best payer practices related to disparity reductions, including the provision of health equity and social determinant of health resources and research to leadership and programmatic areas; collaborate with Contractor’s MIS Director to ensure Contractor collects and meaningfully uses race, ethnicity, and language data to identify disparities; ensure that efforts addressed at improving health equity, reducing disparities, and improving cultural competence are designed collaboratively with other contracted managed care entities to have a collective impact for the population and the lessons learned are incorporated into future decision-making. This position shall report directly to the CEO.
Health Equity Director. A full-time employee who chairs the Health Equity Committee and provides leadership in the design and implementation of Contractor’s strategies and programs to ensure Health Equity is prioritized and addressed; and is the primary liaison between the Contractor, EOHHS, and other MassHealth plans regarding efforts to achieve Health Equity.
Health Equity Director
