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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services May Allow Hospitals to Pay for Housing Through Medicaid

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Wednesday said Medicaid may soon allow hospitals and health systems to directly pay for housing, healthy food, or other solutions for the "whole person."  Azar said Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation officials are looking to move beyond existing efforts to partner with social services groups and try to manage social determinants of health as they see appropriate.  “What if we gave organizations more flexibility so they could pay a beneficiary's rent if they were in unstable housing, or make sure that a diabetic had access to, and could afford, nutritious food?" Azar said in his prepared remarks. (Paul Barr and Virgil Dickson, Modern Healthcare)

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