The study’s architects claim that because physicians are not incentivized to use Z codes, which are meant to be used in claims to note nonmedical factors influencing patients’ health, few opt to track them for patients, according to the study.
The researchers recommended implementing policies that expand reimbursement for tracking these social needs, therefore increasing the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries’ social needs being tracked.
However, some Medicare beneficiaries were more likely to have their social needs tracked, including dual-eligible beneficiaries and people of color.
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