{"id":1408,"date":"2019-01-16T10:46:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascentblog.org\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:46:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:46:18","slug":"managed-care-and-social-expenditures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ascentblog.org\/managed-care-and-social-expenditures\/","title":{"rendered":"Managed Care and Social Expenditures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\ntrend in health care spending is undergoing a change as social, economic, and\nenvironmental factors play a stronger role in health care and population health\noutcomes. Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) are at the forefront of this\nevolution as they strive to redistribute investments and create an equitable\nbalance between health and social service expenditures, according to a recent article<\/a>\nin the Journal of the American Medical Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Link\nBetween Social Service Spending & Population Health Outcomes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The\nimpetus for change is a result of research that shows countries that spend more\nmoney on social services such as disability, unemployment, and housing have\nbetter population health outcomes. If you\u2019re unfamiliar with the latter term,\nit\u2019s the concept of improving health outcomes for an entire population of\npeople through enhanced policy recommendations, health education and outreach,\nand research into disease detection and injury prevention. People in these\ncountries are benefiting from increased social service spending through higher\nlife expectancies, lower infant mortality rates, fewer incidences of chronic\ndisease, and lower overall mortality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nJAMA report states, “By expanding the scope of service delivery as part of\nmanaging population health risk, managed care companies can invest in services\nand supports that meet their members’ health-related needs, benefit from\nreduced spending on medical care, and leverage business principles to justify\nresource reallocation.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nresponse to these and other encouraging statistics, The Centers for Medicare\n& Medicaid Services (CMS) are now allowing MCO expenditures for social\nservices. Medicaid MCOs are looking at social factors such as housing\ninstability, food insecurity, utility needs, interpersonal violence, and\ntransportation requirements and increasingly assisting patients with these\ntypes of expenses through contractual agreements with certain states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nresponsibility shouldn\u2019t fall solely on MCOs, however. For starters, they alone\ndon\u2019t have the resources to serve the entire population in need. It is crucial,\ntherefore, for health care entities to establish partnerships in order to\naddress social issues in their local communities. These collaborations can take\ndifferent forms, including hiring from within those communities; utilizing\nlabor and resources from the communities; buying products in those communities;\nand investing in community infrastructure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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