White Paper from Optum/UnitedHealth

Six steps to take now

There are six steps you can take now to start engaging in strategies to address social determinants:

1. Educate providers on current ICD-10 codes available and their appropriate use.
2. Keep informed — the final report from the National Academy of Sciences,
   Engineering and Medicine contains a lot of information how our government
   agencies are thinking through the social determinants.
3. Participate in Gravity and the Da Vinci Project so your voice is heard.
4. Use in-home assessments to document SDOH and generate appropriate referrals.
5. Leverage indices to know your customer not just your patients, to manage your population proactively.
6. For more information on SDOH, visit the Centers for Disease Control SDOH
   website.

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