Healthcare DIVE December 17, 2018
Dive Brief:
State Medicaid programs are using various partnerships to address social determinants of health, which can be a leading factor in health outcomes, according to a new report by the Association for Community Affiliated Plans and the Center for Health Care Strategies.
Though the report unveiled that social determinants are now common in many Medicaid managed care contracts, it also found there are few payment incentives involving those factors.
The two groups offered five short-term policy recommendations for CMS to improve SDOH programs, including approving more demonstrations and offering states more support for collaboration.
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Topics: CMS, Equity/SDOH, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicaid, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, States