Addressing the Social Determinants of Health in Program, Payment, and Policy: Extrapolating the Triple Aim for Population Health

• By: Briana Gilmore, MSc Community Access
• July 1st, 2016
• community-based care, health equity, integrated healthcare, Medicaid reform, population health, recovery supports, social determinants of health, value-based payment
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There is much more to being healthy than traditional health care. In fact, “health care” is a surprisingly minor factor in health and the prevention of premature death, just 10 percent. Social circumstances, environmental exposures, genetic predisposition, and personal behavior combined...

A New Approach to Service Integration and Variation on a Proven Theme

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• October 1st, 2015
• behavioral healthcare, care coordination, community-based care, integrated healthcare, mental health services, peer support, primary care, social determinants of health
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Policy developments within federal, state and local governments are compelling providers to pursue the “Triple Aim” of healthcare reform and to continually reevaluate their systems and services to this end. Notwithstanding the complexities of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Delivery System...