Health Equity Should Be A Key Value In Value-Based Payment And Delivery Reform

Payers Should Empower Health Care Organizations To Address Social Drivers Of Health

Reducing health inequities requires moving upstream to address social drivers of health, such as food insecurity and transportation access. Health care organizations with VBP arrangements (for example, accountable care organizations) were early adopters in screening patients for unmet social needs and partnering with community-based organizations. Despite these advances, health systems with VBP contracts are still limited in their ability to integrate social care due to short-term funding streams and regulatory concerns about how they can spend their dollars.