Session Focuses on Identifying and Addressing Social Determinants of Health, Core to Equality Health's Successful Care Model SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. , Aug. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Equality Health, a national leader in value-based care with its distinct Medicaid-first care model, announced today that two of its leaders will speak at the annual conference of the Phoenix chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses later this week.
Lauriane Bellot-Hanson , director of health equity and community partnerships, and Genesis Verduzco , manager of community partnerships, will co-present the session, "Health Equity: Bridging Healthcare and Community." Value-based care (VBC) is an important movement in the U.S.
health system to shift away from the current fee for service model to a care delivery approach that enhances patient experiences, drives better health outcomes and reduces healthcare costs. The joint presentation will cover the importance of screening patients for health-related social needs (HRSN) and creating partnerships with local organizations to solve for these needs. Addressing HRSN, also often referred to as social determinants of health (or SDoH), is vital to VBC success.
These are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. These factors impact an individual's health and include socioeconomic position, access to healthcare and healthy food, lack of transportation, and housing instability, among others. These unmet social needs significantly.