Improving Health And Well-Being Through Community Care Hubs

Health Affairs November 29, 2022
Andre Chappel, Kelly Cronin, Kristie Kulinski, Amelia Whitman, Nancy DeLew, Karen Hacker, Arlene S. Bierman, Samantha Wallack Meklir, Susan C. Monarez, Kate Abowd Johnson, Ellen-Marie Whelan, Douglas Jacobs, Benjamin D. Sommers

As part of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’s) strategic approach to addressing social determinants of health (SDOH), we envision a future in which all individuals, regardless of their social circumstances, have access to aligned health and social care systems that achieve equitable outcomes through high-quality, affordable, person-centered care.

While identifying pathways to adequately fund social care is critical to achieving this vision, there is also a need for communities to develop sustainable partnerships among health care providers, the public health system, and community-based organizations (CBOs), and to develop the data and financing infrastructure needed to support these partnerships. Multistakeholder collaborations to address SDOH have flourished in recent years and have informed what is needed to develop a...

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