SCAN Group CEO Challenges Industry to Take Stock of Mission-Driven Work

  • May 16, 2024

    In recent years, publicly traded managed care organizations have jumped on a growing corporate trend of publishing annual environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports designed to spotlight the larger impact their company is having on society. Alignment Healthcare Inc., for one, in 2022 released its inaugural ESG report highlighting efforts from the previous year that focused on delivering high-quality care at a lower cost compared to fee-for-service Medicare and addressing social determinants of health (SDOH). In 2023, The Cigna Group’s 98-page ESG report categorized similar efforts into four “pillars” — healthy society, healthy workforce, healthy company and healthy environment — and included efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the latter category.

    In a 2022 podcast hosted by law firm K&L Gates LLP, speakers suggested that the health care industry by nature is “mission-driven…focused on the improvement of the human condition” and “is particularly well suited to address ESG issues.” And insurers’ efforts in recent years to address health inequities mirror the increased focus from the Biden administration and CMS on tying health equity to reimbursement, such as the CMS Innovation Center incorporating health equity into models that drive value-based care.

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  • Lauren Flynn Kelly

    Lauren has been covering health business issues since the early 2000s and specializes in in-depth reporting on Medicare Advantage, managed Medicaid and Medicare Part D. She also possesses a deep understanding of the complex world of pharmacy benefit management, having written AIS Health’s Radar on Drug Benefits from 2004 to 2005 and again from 2011 to 2016. In addition to her role as managing editor of Radar on Medicare Advantage, she oversees AIS Health’s publications and manages the health editorial staff. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in English.

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