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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Announces Bold Plan to Address Health Inequities and Racial Justice

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Announces Bold Plan to Address Health Inequities and Racial Justice Announces new racial justice grants First health plan in market to collect comprehensive member race & ethnicity data Creates new expert panel to advise on addressing inequities News provided by Share this article Share this article BOSTON, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/  Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ( Blue Cross ) today announced a set of bold initiatives to address health inequities and racial injustice. (PRNewsfoto/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts) The multipart plan features new charitable investments, including a grant program to support not-for-profits led by Black, Indigenous and other people of color, a first-to-market approach to collecting race and ethnicity data to address inequities in the care members receive, expanding marketing efforts to better reach a more diverse audience with critical messages focused on addressing gaps in care and i

For good health outcomes, we need good housing incomes

For good health outcomes, we need good housing incomes Good housing can make a world of difference in a person’s health, just as a lack of housing can be devastating. By Katherine Gergen Barnett and Megan SandelUpdated January 23, 2021, 3:00 a.m. Email to a Friend Policy makers and advocates must prolong the national moratorium on evictions until at least next fall.Lane Turner/Globe Staff As primary care physicians, we are accustomed to receiving hard news from our patients. A recent message came in the form of a text message, a string of crying emojis, from a patient who had already suffered so much. Jean (name changed for privacy), though only in her mid-30s, has suffered from uncontrolled diabetes, high blood pressure, an early heart attack, and a long history of trauma, and was recently diagnosed with HIV. Though Jean has made great strides in her health — intensive therapy for her trauma, new medication regimens for her diabetes, high blood pressure, and now HIV �

2 Cape Cod Organizations Receive Blue Cross Blue Shield Grants

2 Cape Cod Organizations Receive Blue Cross Blue Shield Grants Patch 1/22/2021 Jimmy Bentley © Shutterstock The grants were awarded to the Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and Islands​ ($45,000) in Hyannis and Bay Cove Human Services​ ($200,000). HYANNIS, MA Two Cape Cod health organizations were awarded a total of $245,000 in grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation to continue their efforts to promote and expand access to health care for low-income residents. The grants were awarded to the Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and Islands ($45,000) in Hyannis and Bay Cove Human Services ($200,000). The Cape Cod grantees are two of 64 organizations receiving grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts Foundation for their work in making healthcare accessible and affordable and responding to community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Six Worcester agencies win Blue Cross funding for healthcare services

Six Worcester agencies have won a share of more than $3 million in funding from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation to improve healthcare services. The grants, which the Boston insurer s philanthropic arm announced Thursday, include $200,000 for UMass Memorial Health Care s Community Healthlink to improve access to behavioral health urgent care and $45,000 each to the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center and the Family Health Center of Worcester for helping eligible consumers obtain health insurance coverage. In other funding, the Community Builders, a nonprofit with local offices in Boston, received $75,000 for helping address what s known as social determinants of health: challenges that can include poverty and a lack of access to education, child care or transportation. Three other agencies the Family Health Center of Worcester, the Regional Environmental Council and the YWCA Central Massachusetts each obtained between $12,500 and $15,096 for special

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