CMS Health Equity Index: New Measure, New Ideas

Explore key elements of the CMS Health Equity Index, discuss innovative solutions to reducing disparities within socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, and explore how the right incentives and partnerships can reduce disparities. Learn new data-driven approaches to focus efforts on areas of greatest need that will have biggest impact on your Health Equity Index score and hear firsthand how one plan is proactively preparing for the rapidly approaching changes to Five Star Rating and reward factor calculations. Attendees will be able to:

• Understand key elements of the Health Equity Index.
• Use internal and external data to better understand how your plan will score.
• Identify areas with largest disparities that can most improve your ranking.
• Be equipped with innovative solutions to reduce disparities in your member population.

Christie Teigland, PhD is VP, Research Science & Advanced Analytics at Inovalon where she leads studies focused on healthcare quality and health equity. She works with health plans, providers, and life science to develop actionable real world data insights and as principal investigator on large foundation/government projects focused on healthcare quality. She has served on numerous national expert panels including co-chair of NQF.