UnitedHealthcare Housing Initiatives

UnitedHealthcare Community & State has also developed a partnership to improve housing stability and conditions for beneficiaries. By partnering with a local homeless coalition in Ohio, they are better able to locate members who are homeless or precariously housed, facilitate supportive housing placement, and engage the care coordination team to connect members to community-based support services. In addition, the Ohio plan is partnering with a supportive housing development with a significant concentration of UnitedHealthcare members to better connect housing managers and social workers with the managed care coordination team. The goal of these partnerships is to provide stable and healthy housing since evidence demonstrates a clear linkage between housing stabilization and reduction in emergency rooms visits, inpatient admissions, and crisis services. To read more about this innovative program, see this brief summary [link].