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Breakout Session 601 on Thursday, May 9 @ 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Understanding and Addressing Social Determinants of Health as an Employer

The conditions in which we are born, live, work and learn shape our health and can impact our life expectancy by 60%. They include such factors as our socioeconomic status, zip code, physical environment, social support, education, and access to health care. Today’s employers receive large amounts of data outlining medical and pharmacy trends from carriers, but this data lacks key information about the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) impacting their members.   Learn how PATH data analysts, clinical consultants and health management consultants gather regional and client specific SDoH metrics and combine these data points with medical, pharmacy and vendor analyses to reveal ‘whole person’ clinical insights. Learn how these ‘whole person’ insights enable employers to better understand factors impacting the health of their members and trend variations by locations / salary.  Last, learn how together PATH consultants and employers explore and engage innovative and sustainable employer, carrier, regional, and publicly available solutions to support the unique social needs of members.
  • Describe the social determinants of health and their impact on the expectancy and strategies to review publicly available SDoH metrics.
  • List concerning health outcome and utilization trends attributed to employees with lower wages and the “why” behind these trends.
  • Develop strategic SDoH solutions incorporating relevant community, health plan, employer and public solutions.
Dr. Heidi Orstad, CCM,  Doctor of Nursing Practice, PHN,  BSN, Clinical Consultant, MMA, Burnsville, MN
Heidi Orstad has her Doctorate in Nursing Practice and Certificate in Healthcare Design from the University of Minnesota. She has been a nurse for more than 30 years and  has spent more than half of that time as an executive in population health, product design, and clinical consultant with Marsh McLennan. Importantly, much of Heidi's direct practice was in geriatric care as a geriatric care consultant. Heidi has always had a passion for incorporating an awareness of the social determinants of health and health equity into her work in direct practice and in her work as a consultant with employers. She is currently the chair of the American Nurses Association Innovation Collaborative of Policy, Health Equity and Determinants of Health. Heidi also speaks publicly on topics related to population health  and serves as the President of  Minnesota's American Nurses Association.

 

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