World Congress Podcast – ACAP Interviewed on Social Determinants of Health

Vice President for Medicaid Policy, and Director, Strategic Operations, Jennifer Babcock, interviewed with World Congress at their 7th Annual GHCC Medicaid Summit and discussed the following issues:

  • Describe work that plans are doing to provide care coordination for Medicaid enrollees – including children – with complex care needs
  • Describe barriers in current federal Medicaid and managed care regulations for addressing social determinants of health
  • What does social determinants of health refer to?
  • How important are they in the health care equation?
  • What are the current barriers that prevent organizations from being more effective in this area? How can they be knocked down?