Social Care Data Multipayer Shared Principles

Social Care Data Multipayer Shared Principles

The Participating Payers of Michigan Multipayer Initiatives (MMI),Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Health Alliance Plan, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and Priority Health, propose the following shared principles to decrease unmet health-related social needs and improve population well-being:

  1. A central HIE increases the efficiency and effectiveness of information exchange. The federal government, State and commercial payers have made large investments in MiHIN that have advanced health information exchange in our state.  Regional HIEs have also served an important role in information exchange.  Common standards and data-sharing among HIE partners is important to reduce the potential of data silos.
  2. It is important for all stakeholders (the State, plans, patients, providers, Physician Organizations, Community-Based Organizations, public health partners, etc.) to have voice in ongoing social care data strategy and data governance. Refinement of existing social care use cases and development of new use cases should include opportunities for input from all stakeholders so that it can be informed by workflow and stakeholder needs.
  3. Decreasing administrative burden and cost increases the dollars available for delivering needed clinical and social services. Initiatives like HEDIS Data Aggregator Validation and other tools should be leveraged by MiHIN.
  4. Community and regional innovation in population health and health information should be encouraged with structures and opportunities to share learnings and coordinate to improve the health of all Michiganders.
  5. Data security and privacy are important and should be protected and shared on a need-to-know basis that evolves and provides for evolution in payment, team-based care and population health goals and requirements.
  6. Social care data in Michigan should incorporate national developments (e.g., the Gravity Project, NCQA, federal efforts, etc.) that evolve and produce standards, measures, and regulations that impact social care.
  7. Costs should be shared by the government, plans, health systems, and philanthropic organizations in an equitable and proportionate manner.

Multipayer Shared Principles – Social Care Data

March 2023