Accountable Health Communities Model to Link Clinical and Social Services

The CMS Innovation Center has launched the Accountable Health Communities Models, a pilot program designed to screen Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries for health-related social needs, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced. It’s designed to bridge clinical- and community-based services, helping to make underprivileged patients with unmet health-related social needs better aware of the clinical services available in their area. Read more here.