NYC Health + Hospitals recently received a $3.9 million grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to incorporate mental health services into ExpressCare, the health system’s virtual urgent care platform. The health system will also launch a version of its new tele-behavioral health services that is tailored to the New York City's homeless residents.
Homelessness, a key social determinant of health, is on the rise, prompting action from payers and providers. Though their efforts are varied, ranging from subsidizing housing to making it easier for those living in encampments or temporary housing to access care, they have a common goal.
In this episode hear how improving benefit verification, prior authorizations, and patient affordability with smart integrations and real-time eligibility can streamline healthcare workflows.
The payer's Community Catalyst initiative includes 23 programs that involve collaborations with various community-based organizations and health centers. They tackle different types of social determinants of health issues, including food insecurity among seniors and the health needs of those in public housing.
Dr. James Withers practices what he calls "street medicine," serving homeless people on the streets of Pittsburgh. It's a population that clearly has unmet health needs — and why he made the 2015 CNN Heroes list.