University of California, San Francisco
Legal clinics housed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) help veterans eliminate service access barriers. In this survey of 95 VA-housed legal clinics (70% of clinics), clients' legal problems were mainly estate planning, family, obtaining VA benefits, and housing (14–17% of clients).
Evidence & Resource Library
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National survey of legal clinics housed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to inform partnerships with health and community services
C. Timko, E. Taylor, A. Nash, D. Blonigen, D. Smelson, J. Tsai, A.K. Finlay
J Health Care Poor Underserved
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Adjustment for social risk factors does not meaningfully affect performance on Medicare's MIPS clinician cost measures
A.T. Sandhu, J. Bhattacharya, J. Lam, S. Bounds, B. Luo, D. Moran, A. Uwilingiyimana, D. Fenson, N. Choradia, R. Do, L. Feinberg, T. MaCurdy, S. Nagavarapu
Health Aff
Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) includes episode-based cost measures that evaluate Medicare expenditures for specific conditions and procedures.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Association between patient social risk and physician performance scores in the first year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System
D. Khullar, W.L. Schpero, A.M. Bond, Y. Qian, L.P. Casalino
JAMA
The US Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a major Medicare value-based payment program aimed at improving quality and reducing costs. Little is known about how physicians’ performance varies by social risk of their patients.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Clinicians with high socially at-risk caseloads received reduced merit-based incentive payment System Scores
K.J. Johnston, J.M. Hockenberry, R.K. Wadhera, K.E. Joynt Maddox
Health Aff
To understand how clinicians with high caseloads of socially at-risk patients fare under Medicare’s new outpatient Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), we examined the first (2019) round of MIPS performance data for 510,020 clinicians.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Keys to cross-sector collaboration: Learning from the implementation of a comprehensive social continuum assessment (CSCA)
K. Grounds, N. Blumenfeld , S.N. McKinlay, D. Francis
Health Leads
In this report, collaborators from Health Leads and 2-1-1 San Diego outline the purpose and impact of the Comprehensive Social Continuum Assessment (CSCA).
2020
Issue Briefs & ReportsPatient and community organization perspectives on accessing social resources from the emergency department: A qualitative study
M.E. Samuels-Kalow, M.F. Molina, G.E. Ciccolo, A. Curt, E.C. Cleveland Manchanda, N.C. de Paz, C.A. Camargo, Jr
West J Emerg Med
Social risks adversely affect health and are associated with increased healthcare utilization and costs. Emergency department (ED) patients have high rates of social risk; however, little is known about best practices for ED-based screening or linkage to community resources.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Beyond clinical food prescriptions and mobile markets: Parent views on the role of a healthcare institution in increasing healthy eating in food insecure families
E.L. DeWit, E.M Meissen-Sebelius, R.P. Shook, K.A. Pina, E.D. De Miranda, M.J. Summar, E.A. Hurley
Nutr J
Background: Children in food-insecure families face increased barriers to meeting recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Health equity issue brief
Humana
The intent of this policy brief is to inform and update stakeholders on health equity, including current research and public policy. It’s meant to spark conversations over opportunities to affect change.
2020
Issue Briefs & ReportsMaintaining social connections in the setting of COVID-19 social distancing: a call to action
M.S. Pantell, L. Shields-Zeeman
Am J Public Health
The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest public health crisis the United States has faced in generations. The devastating direct medical consequences of COVID-19 have been accompanied by far-reaching economic and social consequences, including increased risk of social isolation and loneliness.
2020
Commentaries & BlogsPrimary care-led transition clinics hold promise in improving care transitions for cancer patients facing social disparities: A commentary.
M. Malebranche, A. Sarivalasis, S. Peters, P. Mathevet, J. Cornuz, P. Bodenmann
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Transitions in care are key junctions during which care coordination, communication, and individualized support are required to ensure optimal health outcomes for patients.
2020
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