2020 Research in Transforming Health and Health Care Systems Grantees

For many state Medicaid programs, identifying and addressing enrollees’ social needs is a growing priority. In early 2020, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) awarded seven grants, managed by AcademyHealth, to support studies examining how states are using their payment and contracting strategies to incentivize or require Medicaid managed care organizations to undertake activities that identify and respond to enrollees’ social needs. The studies examine a range of issues related to how these strategies and activities are being implemented and the impact on enrollees, plans, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders.

See below for descriptions of the 2020 Awarded Grants

• State and MCO Decision-making
  • Examining the Role of State-MCO Contractual Mandates/Incentives and a Social Services Referral Program in Addressing Social Determinants of Health
• State-Specific Efforts
  • Assessing Oregon’s Efforts to Increase Investments to Address Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity
  • Supporting the Implementation and Disseminating the Learnings of North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots
• Partnerships with Community-Based Organizations
  • Medicaid Managed Care Organizational Strategies to Address Enrollee Unmet Social Needs Using Community Partnerships
  • Improving California’s Medicaid Program by Addressing Social Determinants of Health for Children
• Providers
  • How Medicaid Managed Care Contracts Can Impact Community Health Centers’ Services that Address Social Determinants of Health
  • Community Health Worker MCO Population Health Strategy (CHaMPS) Evaluation