AMA, UnitedHealthcare team up on billing codes that address social determinants of health

Healthcare Finance: UnitedHealthcare and the American Medical Association have entered into a new collaboration that will better identify and address social determinants of health with the goal of improving access to care and patient outcomes, the groups announced on Tuesday.

Building on work initiated by UnitedHealthcare, the two organizations are working together to standardize how data is collected, processed and integrated regarding critical social and environmental factors that contribute to patient well-being -- also called social determinants of health.

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