Managed Healthcare Executive November 30, 2018
Bill Lucia

The last 12 months have been a roller coaster ride for the healthcare industry. Medicaid, in particular, has experienced a number of proposed and confirmed structural changes which will result in reverberating effects on consumers, health plans, hospitals and more. As we look to the next year, we can expect to see Medicaid continue to make headlines.

Here are three Medicaid trends healthcare executives should watch for in the coming year:

1. Increased focus on social determinants to improve care and outcomes

Social determinants of health (SDOH) such as hunger, homelessness, poverty, lack of transportation, access to clean water and lack of information about the healthcare system have an enormous effect on patient outcomes. Studies estimate SDOH can be responsible...

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Topics: Equity/SDOH, Insurance, Medicaid, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Payment Models, Provider, Trends, Value Based
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