Utah Alliance Launching Medicaid Pilots To Address Social Determinants Of Health

The Utah Alliance for the Determinants of Health (the Alliance), led by Intermountain Healthcare, is launching pilot demonstration programs in Ogden and St. George to help Medicaid beneficiaries access non-medical goods and services that affect health outcomes. The pilot will involve members of Intermountain’s Medicaid plan SelectHealth Community Care. Intermountain announced the pilots on June 27, 2018. The pilots are slated to start in 2019 and run for three years.

Planning for the Alliance began in late 2017 and has continued through the present. Intermountain is the convener of the Alliance, a collaborative initiative that is supported by . . .