New Jersey Horizon Blues Social Determinants Pilot Cut Total Cost Of Care By 25%

During its first year, a social determinants of health pilot project in Newark cut the participants’ total cost of care by 25%. The “Newark Initiative” launched in 2017 as a collaboration between Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health (RWJBH) and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon). For the pilot, Horizon and RWJBH assembled…