Taking SDOH Solutions To Scale
Social service programs will soon play a new role in the health care system. Earlier this year, CMS changed the rules for Medicaid health plans, allowing them to spend health care premiums on social service programs. CMS also recently approved the State of California’s proposal to provide Medicaid services in corrections facilities. And fourteen other states have applied to CMS for similar Medicaid corrections in-reach service waivers.
These changes will increase the spending on services for health care-related housing, transportation, and …