YOUR CAPITAL REGION, CENTRAL NEW YORK, AND NORTH COUNTRY
SOCIAL CARE NETWORK
Healthy Alliance is proud to be the designated Social Care Network (SCN) lead entity for the Capital Region, Central New York, and North Country under New York’s 1115 Waiver Amendment’s SCN & Health-Related Social Need (HRSNs) Program – a statewide approach to improve the health of Medicaid Members.
“Being the SCN lead entity in our regions furthers the work we’ve done in shifting focus from singular medical interventions to a more proactive approach that addresses the whole needs of a person on a much larger scale — something that can’t be done alone. Together, our network will continue its momentum toward giving everyone the same opportunity to be healthy.” – Erica Coletti, Healthy Alliance CEO
A QUICK OVERVIEW
SOCIAL CARE NETWORK (SCN) LEAD ENTITY:
A fundamental part of New York’s 1115 Waiver Amendment – charged with building reliable networks of contracted organizations to better enable health related social needs (HRSN) screening and the delivery of social care services. Healthy Alliance is the SCN lead entity in three regions – the Capital Region, Central New York, and North Country. Learn More
WHAT ARE HEALTHY ALLIANCE’S RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE SCN LEAD ENTITY?
1. Build and maintain a comprehensive Social Care Network (SCN) of contracted organizations that collectively screen all Medicaid members in their region for HRSNs, navigate Members with HRSNs to appropriate services, provide high-quality HRSN services, and provide data and reporting on these activities.
2. Enroll in the NYS Medicaid Program as a Medicaid billing social provider.
3. Ensure more intensive coordination of HRSN services for Medicaid Managed Care Members eligible for Enhanced HRSN Services.
4. Create a more accessible customer experience for Medicaid Members seeking HRSN services through social care navigation and closed loop referrals.
5. Build the capacity of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to provide high-quality HRSN services and to manage new or increased administrative responsibilities through capacity-building and reliable funding streams.
6. Establish financially and operationally sustainable, self-innovating ecosystems.
7. Promote more equitable delivery of HRSN services and address the health, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities in existing access and quality.
SCN & HRSN PROGRAM FOCUS AREAS :
Screening
Navigation
Enhanced HRSN Care Management
Housing Support – Learn More
Nutrition – Learn More
Transportation – Learn More
HOW PROVIDERS FIT INTO THE PROGRAM:
HRSN service providers who join an SCN will be paid by the regional Lead Entity for screening and/or services they deliver.
To receive reimbursement, HRSN service providers must:
– Be in contract with a Lead Entity (note, HRSN providers can join more than one SCN)
– Provide screening and/or services in a manner consistent with the SCN program
– Complete training (provided by Lead Entities) and use the SCN IT platform
INTERESTED IN JOINING HEALTHY ALLIANCE’S SCN?
Learn more or contact [email protected] for further details.
A GUIDE TO THE NYHER 1115 WAIVER REGIONS
For a list of all the regional SCN lead entities, visit the State’s SCN website.
MEET OUR SCN COUNCIL
Healthy Alliance’s SCN Governing Body, the SCN Council, works to ensure all parts of the health and social care ecosystem — including community members — are involved in the implementation of the Program. To learn more about the SCN Council and its members, read our press release.
ALAN JONES – Executive Director/CEO
Adirondack Community Action Programs
AMANDA ROOT – Executive Director
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County
DC DUNKEL – Community Member/Advocate
JANE VAIL – Chief Executive Officer
Central New York Health Home Network (CNYHHN)
JAY SUBEDI – Community Member/Advocate
JOSH ROYCE – President and CEO
YMCA of Central New York
KIM ATKINS – Executive Director
Alliance for Positive Health
KIM A. SMOLEN – Divisional Director
The Salvation Army
LATOYA JONES-JOE – Community Member/Advocate
Director of LeadSafe CNY Coalition at United Way of CNY and President & CEO of The Joe Family Foundation for Disability Advocacy Inc.
LAUREN TEGNANDER – Chief Operating Officer (Upstate)
Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc.
LYNN GLUECKERT – Chief Program Officer
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany
MICHAEL COUNTRYMAN – Executive Director
The Family Counseling Center
MICKY JIMENEZ – Regional Executive Director
Capital District Latinos
PAUL JOSLYN – Executive Director
AccessCNY
SAWYER BAILEY – Executive Director
AdkAction
TERRI MORSE – Director of Community Services
Local Government Unit (LGU)
TINA FITZGERALD – Community Member/Advocate
Self-Advocacy Association of New York State
TRACY LEONARD – Chief Strategy Officer
THRIVE Wellness and Recovery, Inc.
TRACY MILLS – Executive VP of Network Strategy
Hudson Headwaters Health Network
WANT TO STAY IN THE LOOP WITH HEALTHY ALLIANCE'S SCN?
Email [email protected] to get on our mailing list
RESOURCES
Information for Health-Related Social Needs Service Providers
Information for Health Care Providers
Data Interoperability and Technology
Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Health Related Social Needs Screening (HRSN) Tool
HEALTHY ALLIANCE'S SCN ANNOUNCEMENT
NYSDOH Names Healthy Alliance Foundation, Inc. as the Social Care Network Lead Entity in Three Upstate New York Regions, Advancing Health Equity for More Than 705,000 New Yorkers