Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges for Medicare Advantage Plans to Address Social Determinants of Health via the CHRONIC Care Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13774894 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melony E Sorbero (0000-0001-9222-8798, RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, corresponding author), Ashley M Kranz (0000-0003-0507-7800, RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA, USA) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Pages | 46958019862120-46958019862120 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0046958019862120 |
| PMID | 31282241 |
| OpenAlex | W2956464795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
There is increasing recognition of the role of social determinants of health (SDOH) in the ability of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees to obtain needed care. The 2018 CHRONIC Care Act established Special Supplemental Benefits for the Chronically Ill (SSBCI), which for the first time gives MA plans the flexibility to provide supplemental benefits to enrollees to address SDOH. Given the role of SDOH in chronic disease, this represents an opportunity for MA plans to address underlying issues not strictly health care related with which MA enrollees struggle and that affect their overall health. MA plans have experimented with different approaches to address SDOH but have been limited by the lack of ability to offer services as part of covered benefits and reliance on partnerships, grants, and other funding sources to support the provision of these services. The effect of this policy and how it may evolve before implementation begins in 2020 remains uncertain as we wait to see how MA plans will interpret eligibility criteria and services offered without any additional allotted funding
Business · Chronic disease · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Flexibility (engineering · Health care · Management · Medicare Advantage · Political science · Public economics · Public relations · Social determinants of health · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Primary Care and Health Outcomes
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |