SIREN Webinar: The Accountable Health Communities Social Needs Screening Tool. Learn about the new social needs screening tool developed by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for use in the model program. Register here.

Join us to learn about the new social needs screening tool developed by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for use in the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) model program. Alexander Billioux and Katherine Verlander of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at CMS will present on the development and implementation of this recently released 10-item screening tool designed to identify patient needs in the following five domains: housing, food, transportation, utilities, and interpersonal safety. Topics covered in the webinar will include how the tool was developed, implementation considerations, and ways the tool will be used in the AHC demonstration.

Presenters
Alexander Billioux, MD, DPhil, Senior Advisor, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS

Katherine Verlander, MPH, Social Science Research Analyst, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS

Moderator
Laura Gottlieb, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Director, Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, University of California, San Francisco