Health Payer Intelligence December 18, 2023
Social determinants of health are a top barrier for Medicare and Medicaid populations, but health plans can tap into the data to optimize member engagement and outcomes.
Medicare and Medicaid populations encounter significant obstacles to care because of social determinants of health, such as economic instability, lack of transportation, isolation, and food insecurity.
Social determinants of health, according to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, are “the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.” These conditions have the largest impact on health outcomes, with social determinants impacting as much as 50 percent of county-level variation in health...
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