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Home Research Research Library Accounting for Social Risks in Medicare and Medicaid Payments Accounting for Social Risks in Medicare and Medicaid Payments 2023 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Ostrovsky, Andrey, Bazemore, Andrew W, Gilfillan, Richard, and Price, Dana Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Payment, and Quality Of Care Volume The Commonwealth Fund Source The Commonwealth Fund There is increasing pressure on frontline clinicians, particularly those in primary care, to assess patients for social needs — for instance, poverty, housing instability, food insecurity, and unemployment — which can be potent drivers of health outcomes. While identifying these needs is important, without resources to address them directly or the ability to partner with community-based organizations, clinicians are left powerless. Being pushed to assess without resources can be a source of frustration and burnout for clinicians who are motivated to help their patients. ABFM Research Read all 2015 Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable Go to Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable 2026 Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure Go to Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure 2013 Unequal Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce Go to Unequal Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce 2015 More Comprehensive Care Among Family Physicians is Associated with Lower Costs and Fewer Hospitalizations Go to More Comprehensive Care Among Family Physicians is Associated with Lower Costs and Fewer Hospitalizations
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Ostrovsky, Andrey, Bazemore, Andrew W, Gilfillan, Richard, and Price, Dana Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Payment, and Quality Of Care Volume The Commonwealth Fund Source The Commonwealth Fund
ABFM Research Read all 2015 Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable Go to Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable 2026 Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure Go to Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure 2013 Unequal Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce Go to Unequal Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce 2015 More Comprehensive Care Among Family Physicians is Associated with Lower Costs and Fewer Hospitalizations Go to More Comprehensive Care Among Family Physicians is Associated with Lower Costs and Fewer Hospitalizations
2015 Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable Go to Making Personalized Health Care Even More Personalized: Insights From Activities of the IOM Genomics Roundtable
2026 Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure Go to Demonstrating the Reliability and Structural Validity of Creating Patient-Level and Clinician-Level Scores on the Person Centered Primary Care Measure
2013 Unequal Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce Go to Unequal Distribution of the U.S. Primary Care Workforce
2015 More Comprehensive Care Among Family Physicians is Associated with Lower Costs and Fewer Hospitalizations Go to More Comprehensive Care Among Family Physicians is Associated with Lower Costs and Fewer Hospitalizations
