Headline
This resource guide outlines the value case for health plans to partner with community-based organizations for social care benefits.
Context
Health plans are increasingly engaged in strategies to address the health-related social needs (HRSN) (e.g., housing, nutrition) of their members. Unmet HRSN significantly contribute to health disparities and preventable health care costs. Partnering with community-based organizations (CBOs) can support health plans in providing more social care benefits to their members. Community care hubs (CCHs) are one type of partnership approach an entity that organizes a network of CBOs in the delivery of services addressing HRSN.
About This Tool
This resource guide highlights five key reasons why health plans should contract with CBOs and CCHs for delivering social care benefits, including the potential for these relationships to help health plans reach financial, equity, and other goals. The guide also offers several health plan-CBO partnership case examples. The resource guide is broken into five sections:
- Powerful innovation partners
- Trust with members
- Return on investment
- Efficiency in coverage
- Securing public contracts
Takeaways
Health plans can use this resource guide to learn more about the benefits of partnering with CBOs and CCHs, as well as how to implement these partnerships through case examples.