https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/opinion/medical-racism-payment-models.html
Why a Hospital Might Shun a Black Patient
The way medical professionals are paid keeps structural racism alive. It’s unethical and it must change.
By Amol S. Navathe and Harald Schmidt
Dr. Navathe and Dr. Schmidt are professors of health policy.
“…the New York State Department of Health began grading surgeons who performed coronary bypass surgery… The aim was to make outcomes more transparent and to help surgeons improve. But to this day, the initiative makes it harder for Black patients to get surgery. Why? Because statistically, outcomes are generally worse for Black patients because of larger issues of systemic racism. So surgeons avoid them to protect their scores.”