Health Payer Intelligence January 6, 2023
The federal agencies outlined six principles that states can use to ensure that their Medicaid social determinants of health efforts are effective.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and CMS released guidance for state Medicaid programs’ in lieu of services or settings (ILOS) to improve the quality of Medicaid social determinants of health endeavors.
The guidance refers to an existing rule within the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) managed care final rule to shepherd states’ non-clinical, in lieu of a service or setting efforts.
“In partnership with CMS, states have been working hard to better meet the health-related social needs of people with Medicaid coverage,” CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in the HHS press release....