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Blue Cross will reward doctors who close gaps in care for people of color

By The Boston Globe
| September 24, 2021

In a new initiative to tackle health inequities, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will begin paying doctors more money if they close longstanding and pernicious gaps in care for people of color.

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