Overcoming Barriers to Advance Health Equity: Value Based Arrangements and Other Regulatory Updates Addressing Social Determinants of Health

Propelled by COVID-19, policymakers are starting to meaningfully address what actors across the health care delivery system have long understood: a wide range of social factors, from housing and food insecurity to access to technology, have a profound impact on health outcomes. HLB attorneys discussed the recent regulatory developments that give providers tools to directly address these social determinants of health through value-based care arrangements, with a particular focus on the recently added federal Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors and Stark law exceptions and additional flexibilities in Medicare Advantage.