Equity in Access & Quality
Created under a revised charter of the Medical Practice & Quality Committee in April of 2021
Mission:
To understand and influence issues that impact access to, and delivery of, high-quality care, including consideration of how healthcare financing, payment, and delivery models contribute to inequities in treatment and outcomes.
Charge:
- Investigate factors influencing or limiting patient access to care, including geographic, economic, and cultural.
- Identify and promote public and private sector financing, payment, and coverage policies that support safe, high-quality, equitable care and outcomes.
- Examine and address the role of racist practices, policies, and structures in undermining access to and delivery of high-quality care.
- Promote valid and reliable quality measurement, public reporting, and transparency that is actionable, relevant, and improves health.
- Understand and monitor relevant legislative and regulatory issues.
- Communicate relevant issues to the Board of Trustees and MMA membership.
Upcoming Meetings
Minutes
(includes minutes from former Health Care Access, Financing & Delivery Committee and Quality Committee)
- December 3, 2019
- September 24, 2019
- May 9, 2019
- December 4, 2018
- January 29, 2018
- November 14, 2017
- July 20, 2017
- April 18, 2017
- December 12, 2016
- July 12, 2016
- June 28, 2016
- April 5, 2016
- October 28, 2015
- October 8, 2015
- July 23, 2015
- May 19, 2015
- February 11, 2015
- January 22, 2015
- December 18, 2014
- October 16, 2014
- July 08, 2014
- June 24, 2014
- April 10, 2014
- March 18, 2014
- February 16, 2014
- January 13, 2014
- May 22, 2013
- January 29, 2013
Members
- Kevin Donnelly, MD (Chair)
- Margaret Kersey-Isaacson, MD
- Thoyaja Koritala, MBBS
- Gururaj Kolar, MD
- Christopher Reif, MD
- Owen Vincent, DO
- William Minteer, MD (Resident Fellow Section)
- Caleb Scheckel, DO (Resident Fellow Section, Alternate)
- Sarah Alabsi (Medical Student Section)
- Amrit Vasdev (Medical Student Section, Alternate)