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Accountable Health Communities Model Evaluation and Gap Analysis in West Virginia
Ashley Linder
1*, Hilary Payne
2. Melanie Horn
2, A. Brianna Sheppard
1, Elizabeth Claydon
1, Mike Broce
3, Mary Emmett
3, Lesley Cottrell
1, Lori Brooks
1, Carol Murphy
1, Olivia Barbee
1*, Alexa Harris
1, and Bob Whitler
2
1. West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505; 2. Partners in Health Network,
Inc., Charleston, WV 26301; 3. Charleston Area Medical Center Education and Research
Institute, Charleston, WV 26301
Presentation No.: 83
Assigned Category (Presentation Format): Health Sciences (Poster Presentations)
Student’s Major: Biomedical Engineering
The Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model was developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to test whether addressing the social needs of their beneficiaries through screening at clinical sites and community navigation would improve their overall health and reduce healthcare spending. This model has been implemented at over fifty clinical sites in West Virginia and collected data for three years. The study purpose is to examine outcomes of the AHC Model in West Virginia to date and determine where improvements can be made to the model and the community infrastructure to better serve the needs of the beneficiaries. We will be analyzing the data collected from screening and navigation, reviewing the capacity of community service providers, and interviewing key stakeholders to assess the distribution of social needs and the communities’ ability to resolve them. The results of this study can be used to inform screening and navigation practices in West Virginia and inform changes to policies or creation of new policies that facilitate beneficiaries’ access to needed services.
Funding: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Program/mechanism supporting research/creative efforts: WVU's SURE program (Rita Rio & Michelle Richards-Babb)
