MPH’s Buntin: Social risk factors influence outcomes, Medicare payment
Social risk factors including income, education and ethnic background influence health outcomes and should be taken into account in Medicare payment models, according to a New England Journal of Medicine “Perspective” published today titled “Social Risk Factors and Equity in Medicare Payment.” Co-authored by Melinda Buntin, Ph.D., chair of Health Policy in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and John Ayanian, M.D., MPP, director of the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation the piece highlights a recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report that they helped author.