EY Announces Hugh Lytle, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Equality Health, as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Pacific Southwest Award Finalist

Entrepreneur Of The Year Celebrates Ambitious Entrepreneurs Who are Shaping the Future

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Hugh Lytle, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Equality Health, a value-based care leader in U.S. healthcare, was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year^® 2024 Pacific Southwest Award finalist. Now in its 38th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive business award for audacious leaders who disrupt markets, revolutionize sectors and have a transformational impact on lives. Over the past four decades, the program has recognized the daring entrepreneurs with big ideas and bold actions that reshape our world.

Lytle was selected as finalists by an independent panel of judges. The candidates were evaluated based on their demonstration of building long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.

Recognized for his "healthcare rebel" entrepreneurial spirit, Lytle founded Equality Health in 2015 to address health inequities in America, especially in underserved communities, and to drive the change from fee for service to value-based care in the U.S. health system. Value-based care is an enhanced care delivery approach that shifts the focus from the quantity of services rendered to quality care, resulting in enhanced patient experiences and improved health outcomes at a reduced cost. Lytle has created a company with a distinct Medicaid-first model to enable independent primary care providers – a crucial resource in the U.S. health system – to be successful in value-based care.

Lytle is in good company. See the full list of the Entrepreneur Of The Year^® 2024 Pacific Southwest Award finalist at this EY news release. 

Entrepreneur Of The Year honors many different types of business leaders for their ingenuity, courage and entrepreneurial spirit. The program celebrates original founders who bootstrapped their business from inception or who raised outside capital to grow their company; transformational CEOs who infused innovation into an existing organization to catapult its trajectory; and multigenerational family business leaders who reimagined a legacy business model to fortify it for the future.

Regional award winners will be announced on June 7^th during a special celebration and will become lifetime members of an esteemed community of Entrepreneur Of The Year alumni from around the world. The winners will then be considered by the National judges for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards, which will be presented in November at the annual Strategic Growth Forum^®, one of the nation's most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies.

In addition to Entrepreneur Of The Year, EY US supports other entrepreneurs through the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ program and the EY Entrepreneurs Access Network to help connect women founders and Black and Hispanic/Latino entrepreneurs, respectively, with the resources, network and access needed to unlock their full potential.

Sponsors
Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards include presenting sponsors PNC Bank, Cresa, Marsh USA, SAP and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In the Pacific Southwest, sponsors also include platinum sponsors: Marsh McLennan Agency and Vaco; gold sponsors: Cooley (San Diego market) and Stradling (Orange County market) and silver sponsors: Big Picture and DLA Piper (Arizona market).

Founded in 1986, Entrepreneur Of The Year^® has celebrated more than 11,000 ambitious visionaries who are leading successful, dynamic businesses in the US, and it has since expanded to nearly 80 countries and territories globally.

The US program consists of 17 regional programs whose panels of independent judges select the regional award winners every June. Those winners compete for national recognition at the Strategic Growth Forum^® in November where National finalists and award winners are announced. The overall National winner represents the US at the World Entrepreneur Of The Year^® competition. Visit ey.com/us/eoy.

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About Equality Health
Equality Health is a technology-enabled primary care platform that leverages the proven capabilities of value-based payment models to transform healthcare for diverse and often marginalized populations. From predictive modeling to advanced care-tracking tools, participating PCPs can streamline value-based administration. Equality Health's care model is Medicaid-first in design, partnering with over 3,200 PCPs and over 750,000 lives across Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Virginia. Equality Health partners with practices to close care gaps, optimize performance, increase compliance, and improve profitability. Members engage with holistic and personalized programs delivered through the lens of social and cultural needs. Equality Health is revolutionizing how care is delivered by establishing critical linkages with payers, providers, members, and community resources.

For more information about Equality Health, visit equalityhealth.com or follow @EqualityHealth on Facebook, @EqualityHealth on Twitter, and @EqualityHealth on LinkedIn.

Media Contact:
Mardi Larson, Amendola Communications for Equality Health, [email protected]

SOURCE Equality Health