How an ACO, FQHC Model Leveraged Social Determinants of Health

Community Care Cooperative’s (C3’s) unique accountable care organization (ACO) model enables population health management to overcome the social determinants of health needs of their patients.

Christina Severin, MPH, president and chief executive officer of C3 discussed her organization’s population health strategy and the role social determinants of health play in that strategy in a recent episode of Healthcare Strategies, an Xtelligent Healthcare Media podcast.

“We differentiate between social determinants of health and health-related social needs,” Severin said. “We consider social determinants of health to be largely driven by institutionalized racism and poverty.”

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