Tending To The Social Determinants Of Health – Or Not

The issue of addressing the social determinants of health – employment and economic stability, housing, nutrition, and neighborhood context – is getting more traction. Last year, at The 2015 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute, Arthur C. Evans, Jr., Ph.D., Commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services, spoke of Philadelphia’s program to address the social determinants of health (see Improving Population Health Management With Public Health Approaches). And at this year’s institute, Magellan Complete Care of Florida Chief Executive Officer, Kerry McDonald, mentioned that Magellan is paying for housing for its members with severe behavioral . . .