The pact looks to create a joint undergraduate and graduate medical education program to educate and train the next generation of culturally competent health clinicians and researchers.
CommonSpirit Health and Morehouse School of Medicine on Wednesday announced a 10-year, $100 million partnership to train Black doctors.
The initiative is part of a broader plan by Chicago-based CommonSpirit and Atlanta-based Morehouse a historically Black medical school renowned for its primary care program to create a joint undergraduate and graduate medical education program to educate and train the next generation of culturally competent health clinicians and researchers, the stakeholders said in a joint press release.
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A local hospital is once again feuding with a health insurance company over a pricing dispute. The details are complex but the stakes are clear. Thousands of patients who expect to be able to use their insurance to cover medical treatment at Houston’s major hospitals could lose a major option.
CommonSpirit Health, the parent organization of CHI St. Luke’s, is set to terminate its contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas on Dec. 16 in a pricing dispute. A Blue Cross representative stated that CHI St. Luke’s is asking for “egregious” price increases. CHI St. Luke’s indicated that it is asking for “… rates that enable us to preserve access and care to critical health services for the patients we serve …”
Historically Black Medical School Partners with National Health System to Train More Black Physicians
Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health unite for 10-year, $100 million partnership to reduce health disparities, increase access to culturally competent care
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ATLANTA, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Two of the nation s leading health organizations are responding to the dual pandemic of COVID-19 and racial injustice with a 10-year, $100 million partnership to develop and train more Black physicians, helping address the underlying causes of health disparities.
Lloyd H. Dean, CommonSpirit President and CEO
Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, Morehouse School of Medicine President and Dean