The CMS is exploring programs that would pay social or community health workers to address patients’ social needs in a bid to invest more heavily in food, housing, transportation and other ...

The Centers for Medicare ... about their social needs, like access to healthy food or safe housing; investing in the technological and human capacity to connect patients with the community ...

If you already have Medicare Part A, the next step is to complete the CMS-40B form from the Social Security Administration.

The Center for Medicare and ... or more health-related social needs and two or more emergency department visits in the prior twelve months to assess their use of community services and whether ...

determine Medicare Part B clinician payment adjustments. The measures do not include risk adjustment for social risk factors. We found that adjusting for individual and community social risk did ...

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act ... specific parameters established by CMS, including that they are population or public health focused and serve a community largely made up of low-income ...

CMS social work manager Yvette Watson says the ... Merriweather says his office is eager to help CMS and other community agencies to come up with better approaches for 2024-25 — ideally ...