AHIMA August 26, 2020
Matt Schlossberg

For years, it was difficult to find a conference, technology solution, or plucky that didn’t extol social determinants of health (SDOH)as a panacea for rising costs and widening care disparities.

Today, with the COVID-19 spreading uncontrolled in nearly every state and disproportionately impacting minority populations, SDOH is being positioned as an essential tool in pandemic response and a pathway toward a more equitable public health system.

Joe Nicholson, DO, a board-certified physician and chief medical officer of CareAllies, a subsidiary of Cigna that partners with providers in the transition to value-based care, says that COVID-19 offers an opportunity for deep and widespread adoption of SDOH initiatives—not just as a response to the pandemic, but a viable pathway for closing long-standing...

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Topics: Equity/SDOH, Healthcare System, Insurance, Interview / Q&A, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Trends
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