SCAN Group Intensifies Focus on Diversity, Health Care Equity

On December 16, 2020, it was announced that SCAN Group, parent company of SCAN Health Plan, is going all-in on promoting diversity among its patient population and staff by creating a new executive position to focus on those issues, and tapping Timshel Tarbet as its new vice president of business excellence and diversity strategy.

Diversity and equitable access to care has been a priority for SCAN Health Plan CEO Sachin Jain, M.D. since he took the helm of the organization in July. The company has spent several months examining performance metrics and demographic information for its members and staff, looking for opportunities to improve and analyzing how diversity issues impact their business. 

“We as a company — and we as an industry — have to acknowledge that we can do better in terms of how we serve a diverse population. One’s culture, one’s identity, one’s preferences, and one’s race very significantly influences their experience of health care and how they consume it,” Jain told Hospice News. “By not acknowledging that diversity, and not building specialized approaches to addressing different populations, we’re missing out on opportunities to better serve diverse populations.” 

In October 2020, Jain was part of the 2020 LA County Bioscience Forum: Advancing Diversity & Equity. Welcome to SCAN Group, Timshel- we look forward to collaborating with you in the future!

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