Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Call to Action: Addressing Health-Related Social Needs in Communities Across the Nation to catalyze community-level partnerships and call upon leaders in health care, social services, public health, and health information technology to work together to address health-related social needs (HRSNs) and create a stronger, more integrated health and social care system through shared decision making.
On February 27, the Partnership hosted a webinar, Meeting the Administration’s Call-to-Action: Leading Practices to Address Health-Related Social Needs in Communities Across the Nation, featuring HHS officials and key community and health care leaders discussing opportunities to address health-related social needs (HRSNs) through community partnerships.
The activities outlined in the Call to Action align closely with the goal of the Partnership to Align Social Care to engage stakeholders across sectors to co-design and enable alignment between health care organizations and community care networks to create an equitable, efficient, sustainable, and person-centered health and social care ecosystem.
Resources from the webinar are now available to view and to share!
Administration Resources:
- White House: U.S. Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Health (press release)
- HHS: Call to Action: Addressing Health-Related Social Needs in Communities Across the Nation
- CMS: Medicaid HRSN Framework (informational bulletin)
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): Community Care Hubs: A Promising Model for Health and Social Care Coordination