How MetroPlusHealth is Enhancing Access and Experience for NYC's Most Vulnerable Populations

Bright Spots in Healthcare

Brindha Sridhar, Vice President, Customer Experience Strategy, MetroPlusHealth, discusses how one of New York City’s largest public health plans is transforming the healthcare experience for its diverse and underserved populations. Brindha shares how her team is working to improve member and provider engagement across a city where 90% of members are Medicaid beneficiaries and 30% report a preferred language other than English.

Brindha dives into initiatives aimed at addressing care disparities, including multilingual communication strategies, culturally aligned member onboarding, and integrated provider support. She also outlines how MetroPlusHealth is using real-time member feedback to fuel continuous improvement and why building a high-touch, relationship-driven experience, especially for vulnerable communities, requires both systemic change and frontline empathy.

This conversation offers practical ideas and replicable strategies for any health plan seeking to improve equity, access, and engagement.

This session was recorded as part of the Healthcare Engagement Virtual Summit: Strategies for Plans to Engage Consumers and Providers on May 8, 2025, co-sponsored by Bright Spots in Healthcare, TytoCare and Navina.

For more information on the summit and to see the full video, please go to: https://www.tytocare.com/virtual-summit-healthcare-engagement-strategies-for-plans-to-engage-consumers-and-providers/

About Bright Spots Ventures

Bright Spots Ventures is a healthcare strategy and engagement company that creates content, communities, and connections to accelerate innovation.

We help healthcare leaders discover what’s working, and how to scale it. By bringing together health plan, hospital, and solution leaders, we facilitate the exchange of ideas that lead to measurable impact. Through our podcast, executive councils, private events, and go-to-market strategy work, we surface and amplify the “bright spots” in healthcare, proven innovations others can learn from and replicate. At our core, we exist to create trusted relationships that make real progress possible. Visit our website at www.brightspotsinhealthcare.com.