Addressing Social Determinants As A Path To Revenue Growth

Over the last 15 years, there have been many pilot projects by payers, health plans, and public and private entities to address social determinants of health (SDOH). In the past couple years, we’ve heard from several health plan executives about their SDOH initiatives (see Mind, Body, Community: Kaiser Permanente’s Unique Approach, Innovation: Tag, You’re It, ‘Leaning In’ To Medicare: Social Needs Opportunities, Will Investing In Social Determinants Pay Off, Housing = Health: The Five Levers, and Medicaid Wants More Than Health: Be Prepared For Contract Changes). We’ve seen many new SDOH program launches by health plans—UnitedHealthcare . . .