Health Equity

Overview

Health Equity Advisory Council members from diverse backgrounds and organizations are collaborating to support adoption and advancement of inclusive, equitable, comprehensive benefits for all US workers. Offering inclusive benefits drives organizational performance and people-centered care that improves the health and wellbeing of employees, their families, and communities.

Health Equity

Advancing Health Equity in the Workplace

Health equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health, according to the CDC. To drive health equity in the workplace, the National Alliance Race, Health & Equity Framework for Change focuses on understanding the impact of differences; integrating equity into strategy; evaluating and engaging the supply chain; and sustaining a culture of inclusion.

Health Equity Resources

To achieve health equity, the systems and policies that give rise to racial and ethnic health disparities must change. These resources offer opportunities to learn and enhance employee and organizational health and wellbeing through health equity.

Action Brief

U.S. Business Action to End HIV and Advance Health Equity

The private sector is bringing new expertise and momentum to an effort once thought impossible—the end of the HIV epidemic in the U.S. It’s going to take leaders across business and industry to get there. Employers and other plan sponsors working together can change the trajectory of HIV in the U.S. by leveraging their reach and influence. Learn more in this Action Brief. Join us to hear from key thought leaders on how equity is influencing and reshaping benefits and wellbeing strategies for organizations across the country.
Webinar

Employer Strategies in Health Equity: Building and Sustaining a Culture of Inclusion

In this capstone to our 2023 Health Equity Town Hall series, participants will highlight some of the key insights of this year’s learnings and discuss the final pillar: Building and Sustaining a Culture of Inclusion. Join us to hear from key thought leaders on how equity is influencing and reshaping benefits and wellbeing strategies for organizations across the country.
Webinar

Accelerating Health Equity Across the Supply Chain Share

Taking action to improve health equity for employees and their families, this town hall will focus on ways employers can work with supply chain partners to integrate health equity and inclusion into daily practices to improve patient engagement and outcomes. Join us to hear from key thought leaders on how equity is influencing and reshaping benefits and wellbeing strategies for organizations across the country.
Webinar

Employer Town Hall: Accelerating Health Equity Using Workplace Policies & Benefits

Join this thought-provoking employer townhall discussion featuring health equity thought leaders from employers, coalitions, and strategic partner organizations. They will focus on how to identify and implement workplace policies and benefits to meet the needs of an increasingly ethnically and culturally diverse workforce. Join us to hear from key thought leaders on how equity is influencing and reshaping benefits and wellbeing strategies for organizations across the country.
Webinar

Recognizing Implicit Bias and Using Data to Overcome It

No one is immune from implicit (or unconscious) bias that affects the way they and others live and work. Identifying how biases negatively affect workers, their health, and the bottom line is essential to ensuring workplace equity. Join us to hear from key thought leaders on how equity is influencing and reshaping benefits and wellbeing strategies for organizations across the country.
Checklist

Getting Back to Basics

Employers/purchasers play an important role in helping employees and their families get back to basics for today’s healthcare challenges. To support communications efforts, the National Alliance has created infographics and posters in Spanish and English for employers and employees.
Playbook

Leading by Example and Moving Upstream Together: A Fresh Look at Addressing Social Needs and Social Determinants of the Workforce

A key issue facing the American healthcare system is the impact of social needs, social risks, and social determinants of health (SDoH) on healthcare. Understanding these impacts within the context of a population health strategy can foster a broader approach to closing gaps in care and in access to services. This report identifies a process model to enhance employee and community wellbeing.
Action Brief

Understanding Health Equity in the Workplace

Employers are undertaking foundational work on strategies that are inclusive of employer values, management buy-in, employee input, health plan and health vendor collaboration, and community needs. This Action Brief sets forth steps employers can take to drive health, equity and value.

Coalitions In Action

Membership in the National Alliance is a catalyst for state and regional coalitions and their employer/purchaser members to advance key initiatives like health equity. Together, they leverage their collective influence to drive health, equity and value.

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By 2050, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other minorities will make up a majority of the US population. Tomorrow’s workforce will be even more diverse than today’s. We must be prepared to meet their unique healthcare needs or be prepared to face costly consequences.
Wayne Rawlins, MD
Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Wellspark Health and Member of the National Alliance Board and Medical Director Advisory Council

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