Launching MHS Serves: An innovative program to increase health equity

I’m told that health is wealth. Unfortunately, too often, people of color and other marginalized communities face large disparities in health outcomes that make life harder and more costly. Whether it is lack of access to quality health care, underfunded schools, low incomes, absence of sidewalks or even whether one feels isolated or safe in their community — the social determinants of health can add or detract from your quality of life. The 2021 Worlds Further Apart Report by Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health and The Polis Center found that in Indianapolis, “there was a clear widening of the gap between the longest and shortest living zip codes of the metro from 13.6 to 16.8 years — an increase of 3.2 years in the gap over the 2013 level.” With life expectancy going in the wrong direction for communities, it is even more important to engage. Black Onyx Management is proud to announce an innovative partnership with Managed Health Services (MHS) and Indiana Minority Health Coalition to launch MHS Serves. MHS Serves is a new program that is taking a deliberate approach to addressing health equity across the state for people of color and marginalized communities. Through a...