Blog: SDoH

In April 2018, with funding from the UnitedHealthcare Foundation, the DePaul Community Health Centers (DCHC) partnered with Aunt Bertha to begin its Care Fellowship initiative to address social determinants of health. Aunt Bertha supported DCHC in creating a coordinated approach that proactively identifies and fulfills the needs of its patients. Through this partnership, DCHC’s closed-loop...

KLAS Research, the industry standard for impartial healthcare IT research, has issued its first Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Referral Networks Report showing Aunt Bertha as the clear leader in the space. As the industry pioneer with the greatest share of the market, Aunt Bertha leads in value and integrity and rates highly in satisfaction….

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and with that in mind, we’d like to highlight some of the wonderful partners who are supporting the needs of children and families day in and day out. We know that addressing the holistic needs of children and families is a community effort, and requires strong partnerships among many...

The Immigration Policy Lab (IPL) at Stanford University recently completed a nationwide study examining the distribution of immigration legal services providers (ISPs). Their work analyzes where low-income immigrant populations live in relation to ISPs, which provide critical services for immigrants, like helping them with complicated legal processes related to living and working in the U.S....

Alexandria House provides a two year transitional housing program and aftercare services to women and women with children in Los Angeles, California. In early 2020, Alexandria House connected with Aunt Bertha through another member of the nonprofit community. Shortly after, their staff participated in a community workshop held at the United Way of Greater Los...

Since 2017, NC MedAssist has been using the Aunt Bertha network to receive referrals for uninsured and low-income individuals seeking pharmaceutical drugs throughout North Carolina. Fellow Aunt Bertha partners, Atrium Health, Novant Health and Benelynk, serve as their top providers for referrals. Through these partners and other sources, NC MedAssist has seen a 2800% increase...

At the start of 2021, Anthem HealthKeepers Plus, Virginia’s largest Medicaid health plan, piloted a new program in Northern Virginia, bringing together community partners who contribute to the health and wellbeing of Anthem’s 150,000 members in the region. Anthem HealthKeepers Plus has been an Aunt Bertha customer since 2016, using a white-label version of our...

With the new social care payment model being rolled out in 2020, there is an entirely new group of people whose health plans have specific financial incentives to connect them to certain social care services.

This success story highlights the partnership between UMass Memorial Health Care and Reliant Medical Group (UMass Reliant).

Sometimes, solutions to big problems are less obvious, incremental, and start at the grassroots level.