Medline grants bridge the SDoH gap.
Among the most effective funding initiatives for addressing the social determinants of health (SDoH) are those in which communities step up to take care of their own populations. That effort received a big boost last week.
Medline awarded grants of $250,000 to 13 organizations around the U.S. that target community health. Big program winners were for breast cancer awareness, heart disease, and population health initiatives, including victims of domestic violence, at-risk youth, and individuals with developmental disabilities.
The programs span the U.S. and the SDoH, addressing food insecurity, isolation and socialization, education quality and access, plus health quality and access. Specifically, the grants will fund the following:
Each grant demonstrates the impact one agency can have for their community, and there are more of these efforts on the horizon. With hospitals still unable to obtain reimbursement for ICD-10-CM Z codes, the smallest grants can make the biggest difference to enhance health outcomes across populations. This week’s Monitor Mondays Listeners Survey asked which ICD-10-CM Z code our audience would advocate for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to approve as a CC, with the responses here.
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