Health Equity Impact Assessment Support
At the Chartis Center for Health Equity & Belonging, we support healthcare organizations with independent Health Equity Impact Assessments (HEIA) to meet the new Certificate of Need (CON) process requirements in New York State.
Comprised of healthcare strategists, operational leaders, and financial professionals, our team has expertise in health equity, anti-racism, and community engagement and brings an unparalleled combination of skills to partner with your organization to seamlessly meet the new requirements going forward.
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Together, we'll focus on assessment and internal data review, as well as meaningful engagement of key stakeholders, including community members, leaders, and patients. We'll deliver an independent evaluation of how your proposed CON application will improve health equity and reduce health disparities, as well as a final Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) documents for submission. Our rapid-cycle, multi-pronged approach ensures compliance with diligence and efficiency.
Other solutions we offer include:
A Holistic Approach to Health Equity
Leading organizations turn to us to untangle the complex, interconnected issues at the heart of health inequities. Our broad and deep expertise encompasses diversity, equity and inclusion, anti-racism, clinical quality and disparities mitigation, patient experience and access, enterprise transformation, payer advisory, partnerships/M&A, digital transformation, and strategic communications. This allows us to integrate many different dimensions to address equity challenges holistically.
We create the safe space for you to ask and answer the tough questions and help you define how and where you can realize results in creating a more equitable and inclusive organization, improving equitable patient access, experience & quality, and achieving equitable health status in your community.
Meet Our Chartis Health Equity Leaders
Duane Reynolds
Duane Reynolds is a Managing Partner and the Chief Health Equity Officer for Chartis. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Chartis Center for Health Equity & Belonging. Recognized by countless organizations as a change maker within healthcare, Duane has helped to lead the national conversation around health equity and belonging.
Krista D. Stepney
Krista D. Stepney, MHA, is a Partner and Vice President of Operations in the Chartis Center for Health Equity & Belonging. She brings over 15 years of healthcare and professional experience and is a sought-after leader for organizational change management using an equity-based framework.
Kathy Poston
Kathy Poston is a Partner and Vice President of Engagement with the Chartis Center for Health Equity & Belonging. With a career spanning more than 25 years in healthcare, Kathy has extensive experience partnering with executive and senior leaders to advance their health equity and belonging initiatives for transformational change.
Shaifali Ray
Shaifali Ray, MHA, is a Partner and Vice President in the Chartis Center for Health Equity & Belonging. In this role, she collaborates with and serves as a trusted advisor to healthcare organizations on their transformational journey to advance health equity and belonging.
Mark Bourdenko
Mark Bourdenko is a Partner in Strategic Transformation. At Chartis, Mark has served leading academic health systems, community health systems, children’s hospitals, payers, and private equity investors across a range of strategic planning initiatives.
