Population Health Management & Social Determinants – First, Define ‘Community’

There has been increasing study of the impact of social determinants on health status and health care spending (see Going ‘Social’ – The Next Iteration Of ACOs and Strategies For Addressing The Social Determinants Of Health). With more data in hand, the call to expand population health management — via health plans and accountable care organizations (ACO) — to include structures to target social, environmental, and community factors has been growing. The discussion of TACOs (totally accountable care organizations, see TACOs, Anyone?) and social ACOs (see Going ‘Social’ – The Next Iteration Of ACOs and Building The ‘Next Generation’ Behavioral & Social Service ACO . . .