social determinants of health Coverage - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/social-determinants-of-health/ Healthcare technology news, life science current events Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:28:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 228111745 INVEST Pitch Perfect Spotlight: How One Company Is Empowering Individuals through Social and Financial Support https://medcitynews.com/2024/06/financial-social-support-home/ https://medcitynews.com/2024/06/financial-social-support-home/#respond Sun, 09 Jun 2024 13:25:00 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=127094

Samaritan provides financial and social support to those without a home. The company was recently crowned winner of the payer/provider track of MedCity News’ INVEST Pitch Perfect contest.

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Papa Launches Programs To Address Health-Related Social Needs, Improve Star Ratings https://medcitynews.com/2024/02/papa-launches-programs-to-address-health-related-social-needs-improve-star-ratings/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:17:21 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=663837

Companion care company Papa has created two programs for health plans: one that addresses social drivers of health and one that aims to improve health plans’ star ratings.

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Uber Health, Socially Determined Strike Partnership https://medcitynews.com/2024/01/uber-social-determinants-health/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 23:28:46 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=660615

Through a new partnership, payers and providers will be able to leverage Socially Determined’s social risk data to identify which patients have barriers to accessing healthcare and what those barriers are. Uber Health will then be able to offer its services to support those patients’ specific needs, whether it’s non-emergency medical transportation, same-day prescription delivery or grocery and over-the-counter item delivery.

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A Paradigm Shift Towards Reimbursing the Root Causes of Diseases https://medcitynews.com/2023/11/a-paradigm-shift-towards-reimbursing-the-root-causes-of-diseases/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 04:08:44 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=649623

Medicare needs to incentivize providers by reimbursing them for identifying and addressing social determinants of health. Doing so will ultimately improve patient health outcomes and simultaneously save risk-bearing organizations money.

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Alignment Health: What Are Seniors’ Top Barriers to Care? https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/seniors-barriers-healthcare-social-determinants/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 23:00:08 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=647991

A new survey from Alignment Health found that economic instability, food insecurity, lack of support and transportation access are the biggest social barriers for seniors.

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Prioritizing SDOH for Patients Living with Chronic Diseases: Compassion, Coordination and Community https://medcitynews.com/2023/08/prioritizing-sdoh-for-patients-living-with-chronic-diseases-compassion-coordination-and-community/ Mon, 21 Aug 2023 19:13:27 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=643338

As the U.S. healthcare system works to focus on the move to preventive, personalized care for patients, it’s time to turn the tide on diabetes by addressing the three Cs of chronic disease care: compassion, coordination, and community.

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UnitedHealthcare Invests $11.1M To Address SDOH Needs https://medcitynews.com/2023/07/unitedhealthcare-grants-social-determinants-health/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:06:22 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=642807

UnitedHealthcare awarded grants to 66 nonprofits across 12 states. The grants will support those struggling with social isolation, behavioral health, food insecurity and other social determinants of health.

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Report: MA Enrollees Are More Likely to be Socioeconomically Disadvantaged than Traditional Medicare https://medcitynews.com/2023/07/medicare-advantage-traditional-social-determinants-health/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 18:38:10 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=641244

The average income of a traditional Medicare enrollee is $85,085, versus $76,720 for a Medicare Advantage enrollee, according to a whitepaper done in partnership between Harvard Medical School and software solutions company Inovalon.

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Humana Report: Health-related Social Needs Prevalent Among Dual-eligible and Non-dual-eligible MA Enrollees https://medcitynews.com/2023/07/humana-medicare-advantage-dual-eligible-social-determinants/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 22:50:01 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=641106

A Humana study in Health Affairs found that 80% of dual-eligible beneficiaries had at least one health-related social need in 2019, compared to 48% of non-dual-eligible enrollees. While prevalence was higher in dual-eligible enrollees, non-dual-eligible enrollees shouldn’t be overlooked, researchers said.

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It’s Not Just Work Requirements; Food Insecurity is a Multidimensional Issue https://medcitynews.com/2023/06/work-requirements-food-insecurity-snap/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 21:14:35 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=638865

Twelve short years ago I was a single mother, pregnant and surviving off of food stamps where I relied on the support of the SNAP program. Now, I’ve been given the opportunity to build a platform where I can give a voice to those in similar positions that I once was in and advocate for their needs.

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Study: Additional Federal Funding Is Needed To Address SDOH in Primary Care https://medcitynews.com/2023/06/study-additional-federal-funding-is-needed-to-address-sdoh-in-primary-care/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 20:31:46 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=637363

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine discovered that the cost of providing evidence-based solutions for food, housing, transportation and care coordination is $60 per member per month on average. Existing federal funding covers $27 per member per month, less than half of the total cost.

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Health Inequity Has Been Reduced to a ‘Checklist of Unmet Social Needs,’ Exec Says https://medcitynews.com/2023/05/health-inequity-has-been-reduced-to-a-checklist-of-unmet-social-needs-exec-says/ Wed, 31 May 2023 22:23:04 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=636550

Health equity strategies need to take factors like racism and lack of power into account, said Dr. Shreya Kangovi, executive director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers. She made these comments last week at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago.

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We Need to Work Across Sectors to Advance Health Equity, Global Health Leaders Say https://medcitynews.com/2023/04/we-need-to-work-across-sectors-to-advance-health-equity-global-health-leaders-say/ Thu, 20 Apr 2023 17:51:21 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=631938

Health disparities are often a result of other socioeconomic factors like housing and nutrition. Because of this, the healthcare industry needs to work with other sectors to improve health equity, said Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe of the World Health Organization, at the HIMSS 2023 conference.

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Papa Expands Care Navigation Platform After Limited Rollout https://medcitynews.com/2023/04/papa-expands-care-navigation-platform-after-limited-rollout/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:58:08 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=631170

Papa’s Social Care Navigation offering provides users with a team of social care navigators, including social workers, registered nurses, case managers and dieticians. This team can help with social issues the patient may be experiencing, including housing, paying for groceries and overdue health screenings. After only offering the program to a select group of health plan clients last year, Social Care Navigation is now available to all of Papa’s payer customers.

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NAACP, Lawmakers File Federal Complaints Over Wellstar’s Hospital Closures in Black Communities https://medcitynews.com/2023/03/naacp-lawmakers-file-federal-complaints-over-wellstars-hospital-closures-in-black-communities/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 21:30:17 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=627834

Georgia policymakers, county officials and the NAACP are asking the federal government to investigate Wellstar Health System’s closure of two Atlanta-area hospitals in predominantly Black neighborhoods. Complaints have recently been filed with the DOJ, IRS and HHS’ civil rights office.

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How Providers Across the US Are Caring For the Country’s 580,000+ Homeless People https://medcitynews.com/2023/03/how-providers-across-the-us-are-caring-for-the-countrys-580000-homeless-people/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:38:01 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=627261

More than 580,000 individuals are experiencing homelessness in the U.S., and hospitals across the country have dedicated programs to caring for this incredibly at-risk population. The indicatives at UCLA Health, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and University of Illinois Health focus on street medicine, connecting patients to housing and integrating behavioral and preventive care into primary care.

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Medicaid Expansion Isn’t All That Impactful Without Proper Education, OSF Research Finds https://medcitynews.com/2023/03/medicaid-expansion-isnt-all-that-impactful-without-proper-education-osf-research-finds/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:04:35 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=626817

Results from a recent study conducted by OSF Healthcare and Bradley University show that expanding Medicaid to more people hasn’t increased underserved populations’ access to healthcare as much as lawmakers have hoped. The findings shone a light on where hospitals should focus their outreach efforts for Medicaid education.

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ReKlame Health Expands Its Culturally Competent Behavioral Healthcare Model to 2 More States https://medcitynews.com/2023/02/reklame-health-expands-its-culturally-competent-behavioral-healthcare-model-to-2-more-states/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:22:32 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=623170

ReKlame Health launched in 2020 to provide affordable, culturally competent behavioral healthcare to Black and Brown communities in New York. On Monday, the startup announced it is now serving patients in two additional states — New Jersey and Florida.

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Seniors’ Mental Health and SDOH – A Family Physician’s View https://medcitynews.com/2023/02/seniors-mental-health-and-sdoh-a-family-physicians-view/ Sun, 05 Feb 2023 23:14:07 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=619915

As a physician I have witnessed the dramatic impact social determinants of health (SDOH) can have on the mental health of older patients. Fortunately, there are steps every practice can take to proactively address them.

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Centene, Western Sky Community Care Donate $3M for Project Serving Unhoused https://medcitynews.com/2023/01/centene-western-sky-community-care-donate-3m-for-project-serving-unhoused/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 23:19:59 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=619462

The donation will go to the One Albuquerque Fund for its project called “The Gateway.” This project will create a new medical center that will provide emergency overnight beds and other services for those experiencing homelessness.

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4 Ways Employers Can Advance Health Equity https://medcitynews.com/2023/01/4-ways-employers-can-advance-health-equity/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 19:43:46 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=619024

Possible strategies for employers to reduce disparities include addressing social determinants of health, improving care navigation, leveraging virtual care and upgrading plan offerings, the authors of a Harvard Business Review report said.

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Digital Equity as a Social Determinant of Health – 3 Ways to Empower Patients https://medcitynews.com/2022/12/digital-equity-as-a-social-determinant-of-health-three-ways-to-empower-patients/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 18:30:01 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=613240

Social determinants of health reflect conditions in the environment where an individual is born, lives, works, plays and worships. These conditions have a direct impact on an individual’s range of health, functioning and quality of life. Given the recent pandemic, there has been an increase in the need to meet people where they are and […]

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Inside One Company’s Approach to Improving Medicaid Members’ Outcomes and Patient Experience https://medcitynews.com/2022/12/inside-one-startups-approach-to-improving-medicaid-members-outcomes-and-patient-experience/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 22:57:26 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=617098

This summer, Adventist Health began a three-year partnership with Emcara Health, a primary care provider group that deploys community health workers into the places people live. Five months later, Emcara is saying that the program is seeing significant engagement and improving patients’ ability to keep up with their care plan.

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Building wealth and health: Inside Kaiser’s credit building program https://medcitynews.com/2022/10/building-wealth-and-health-inside-kaisers-credit-building-program/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 22:56:56 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=610432

Kaiser Permanente is a couple months into a first-of-its kind community program focused on helping Americans build their credit. Having no credit or bad credit is a major barrier to financial mobility, which is often a necessity to living a healthy life.

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Investing in social services will improve population health, execs from Kaiser & Mass General Brigham say https://medcitynews.com/2022/10/investing-in-social-services-will-improve-population-health-execs-from-kaiser-mass-general-brigham-say/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 21:38:42 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=609988

Health maintenance is in some ways overmedicalized in the U.S., according to executives at two major health systems. Treatments and procedures aren’t the only ways to support patients’ health — the leaders said that providers would be wise to invest more in social services to improve health outcomes.

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The divorce of care from health in healthcare: Reuniting American healthcare https://medcitynews.com/2022/09/the-divorce-of-care-from-health-in-healthcare-reuniting-american-healthcare/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:12:29 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=601894

The drive to “fix healthcare” is ingrained in our society. Politicians speak about it regularly, consumers struggle to understand it, and yet the “how” of fixing it is delivered with ambiguity and jargon. With increased urgency to improve healthcare, everyone is now laser focused on this topic. But, over time, the term “healthcare” itself has lost the part about care. So how do we fix it?

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Economic instability, loneliness, food insecurity block seniors from accessing care, survey finds https://medcitynews.com/2022/08/economic-instability-loneliness-food-insecurity-block-seniors-from-accessing-care-survey-finds/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:17:27 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=602428

The survey is from Medicare Advantage company Alignment Healthcare. It focused on social determinants of health, which are proven to have more of an effect on overall health than clinical care.

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Penn Medicine’s venture fund makes 2 investments to address SDOH https://medcitynews.com/2022/08/penn-medicines-venture-fund-makes-2-investments-to-address-sdoh/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 20:15:34 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=598868

The Penn Medicine-Wharton Fund for Health, Penn’s venture fund focused on social determinants of health, recently announced investments in its fifth and sixth companies. The fund invested in two Philadelphia-based startups, Fabric Health and Stimulus, bringing its total amount of invested capital to $1.35 million.

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3 reasons you should use NLP to make sense of SDOH https://medcitynews.com/2022/08/3-reasons-you-should-use-nlp-to-make-sense-of-sdoh/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 20:58:24 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=594383

Obtaining an understanding of how specific SDOH factors affect individuals is extremely difficult because SDOH data is not methodically collected by clinicians. Natural Language Processing (NLP), a key discipline of AI that uses computers to understand the written word, can overcome this challenge,

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Adventist teams up with Emcara Health to deploy field care teams for Medi-Cal members https://medcitynews.com/2022/07/adventist-teams-up-with-emcara-health-to-deploy-field-care-teams-for-medi-cal-members/ Sun, 17 Jul 2022 13:00:37 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=595508

Adventist Health announced a three-year partnership with Emcara Health, a national value-based primary care provider group that meets patients where they are. The initiative will enhance the health system’s participation in the CalAIM program, which gives providers state funds to improve health outcomes among Medi-Cal enrollees by broadening care delivery models.

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