Answering the call
It’s not every day the phone rings and it’s the White House on the other end. Then again, it’s not every day we are faced with a global pandemic.
SDOH in 2020: what you need to know
Last week, Forbes published an article listing the top 8 predictions that will disrupt healthcare in 2020 according to Frost & Sullivan's...
Why social service partners must have an active role in determining SDOH funding models
The eHealth Initiative & Foundation (eHI) recently released a set of tools to help promote the use of ICD-10-CM Z codes in capturing social...
What JAMA's new SDOH study got right...and what it missed
Last week, JAMA published a study that found few physician practices and hospitals screen patients for key social needs. Specifically, the...
Incorporating SDOH into MA supplemental benefits: what plan leaders are saying
Even as the summer winds down, the topic of using supplemental benefits to address social determinants of health (SDOH) in Medicare Advantage is...
Care coordination for Medicare Advantage: social determinants of health and care management
Care management and social determinants of health (SDOH) programs must work together to address a more comprehensive picture of member health....
RISE to the occasion: 4 lessons for incorporating SDOH into value-based care
Last month, several hundred people congregated in Washington DC for RISE’s National Summit on Social Determinants. It proved to be a rich, dynamic...
Benefits of a single vendor for health risk evaluation programs
Many health plans experience vendor challenges when leaning on multiple vendors for their risk adjustment programs in the home or primary care...
Summer buzz: supplemental benefits for SDOH in Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage (MA) is abuzz about Supplemental Benefits.
Improving the OMW measure with bone density testing in the home
The month of May, National Osteoporosis Month, served as a reminder that osteoporosis is an important part of taking care of members. This condition...