About Impact Health

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.”*