Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Funding Opportunity: Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Track 1 – Awareness

On September 8, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) released this funding announcement for Accountable Health Communities model intervention track 1– awareness. The Accountable Health Communities model addresses a critical gap between clinical care and community services in the current health care delivery system by testing whether systematically identifying and addressing the health-related social needs of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries’ through screening, referral, and community navigation services will impact health care costs and reduce health care utilization. Track 1– awareness will specifically address this through an inventory of local community services, universal screening of . . .