Hugh Lytle is the Founder, and Chief Executive Officer of Equality Health, LLC a population risk management company focused on improving care delivery for the underserved. Equality Health works with managed care plans, employers, and health systems to engage diverse members in a more meaningful and culturally significant way through customized, culturally-competent provider networks, mobile-based patient engagement platforms, and proprietary cultural care pathways, designed to improve chronic conditions that affect disparate populations.
A serial entrepreneur and self-described healthcare rebel, Mr. Lytle focuses on health service innovations that have a strong social mission and bring systemic change to the U.S. healthcare system.
Prior to founding Equality Health, Mr. Lytle co-founded Univita Health, a unique home-based care management business that improves the coordination and effectiveness of care delivered in home settings. For three and half years after founding Univita, Mr. Lytle led the company as President and Chief Executive Officer, building Univita into a national platform Independent Aging company serving over 6 Million commercially insured working-age, Medicare and Medicaid seniors and low-income beneficiaries.
Our business model is designed to support primary care physicians who serve the most vulnerable patients, focusing on value-based care and wraparound services. We believe that businesses can play a critical role in addressing the social determinants of health and improving healthcare outcomes for all Americans.
Primary care must expand its focus on treating illnesses and injuries to consider the social and behavioral factors that impact health.