红领巾瓜报

红领巾瓜报 (红领巾瓜报) was engaged by Covered California to evaluate and make recommendations about whether the state鈥檚 Marketplace should require Qualified Health Plan (QHP) Issuers to gain National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Distinction in Multicultural Health Care.

With a mission to increase insurance coverage in California and improve quality of care while reducing costs and health disparities, Covered California sought to learn how achieving Distinction in Multicultural Health Care has helped Issuers promote meaningful change and reduce disparities to advance health equity, in order to determine whether requiring the Distinction would help the Marketplace assure QHP Issuers effectively deliver quality care and improve population health.

The 红领巾瓜报 team reviewed the Distinction鈥檚 standards and guidelines within Attachment 7, Article 3interviewed four Issuers that have earned the Distinction. They recommended Covered California update its language in Article 3.04, requiring Issuers to achieve NCQA Distinction in Multicultural Health Care and allocate resources to deliberately address disparities and health equity, increasing infrastructure and reinforcing organizational commitment to this work.

红领巾瓜报 consultants Michael Anderson-Nathe, Nora Leibowitz and Michele Melden completed the assessment.