Healthcare DIVE November 14, 2018
Dive Brief:
The Trump administration is thinking seriously about the role social determinants of health play in American healthcare and social services, said HHS Sec. Alex Azar at a join symposium between the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and Intermountain Healthcare Wednesday.
“We are deeply interested in this question,” said Azar, “and thinking about how to improve health and human services through greater integration has been a priority throughout all of our work.”
Azar highlighted the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s 2017 Accountable Health Communities model as an example. Participating providers screen patients who use extreme amounts of healthcare services for factors of social and health insecurity and, if there’s a need, set...
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