The Commission had the opportunity to learn more about the definition of health equity, what it means to apply a health equity lens, and the types of Medicaid policy levers that could be used to advance racial health equity and improve health outcomes.
This roundtable discussion included the following health equity experts:
- Cara James, President and CEO of Grantmakers in Health, provided an overview of federal Medicaid policy levers for addressing disparities and health equity;
- Patrick Piggott, associate director of investigations at North Carolina Medicaid, offered a state perspective on Medicaid strategies to address health equity; and
- Monica Trevino, director of the Center for Social Enterprise at Michigan Public Health Institute, described how to engage Medicaid beneficiaries in policymaking.