Functioning as the Network Lead for WNC’s Healthy Opportunities program, Impact Health:
- Serves as a connection between the NCDHHS, private health plans, and HSOs participating in the pilot
- Oversees the WNC HSO network
- Supports capacity building, training, technical assistance and convenings for HSOs
- Reviews HSO invoices and forwards them to the correct private health plan
- Collects and reports data to inform evaluation efforts
Currently, 90 percent of health care spending in the United States is on medical care. While access to high-quality medical services is crucial to health, research shows that up to 80 percent of a person’s overall health is driven by other social and environmental factors and the behavior influenced by them— known as “social determinants of health.”*