Health insurance coverage for healthy food could improve health, reduce healthcare costs and be highly cost-effective after five years, according to a new infographic by Tufts University.
The infographic examines the health and economic effects of healthy food prescriptions in Medicare and Medicaid.
Leveraging the experience of several physician practices already screening patients for social determinants of health (SDOH), Montefiore Health System recently rolled out a two-tiered assessment program to measure SDOH positivity in its predominantly high-risk, government-insured population.
Assessing Social Determinants of Health: Screening Tools, Triage and Workflows to Link High-Risk Patients to Community Services outlines Montefiore’s approach to identifying SDOH markers such as housing, finances, healthcare access and violence that drive 85 percent of patients” well-being, and then connecting high-need individuals to community-based services. Click here for more information.
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Tags: food insecurity, Medicaid, Medicare, social determinants of health
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