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domains/health/SDOH interventions show strong ROI but adoption stalls because Z-code documentation remains below 3 percent and no operational infrastructure connects screening to action.md

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 The Diabetes Care perspective challenges the 'strong ROI' claim for SDOH interventions by questioning whether produce prescriptions—a specific SDOH intervention—actually produce clinical outcomes. The observational evidence showing improvements may reflect methodological artifacts (self-selection, regression to mean) rather than true causal effects. This suggests the ROI evidence for SDOH interventions may be weaker than claimed, particularly for single-factor interventions like food provision.
 
+
+### Additional Evidence (challenge)
+*Source: [[2026-03-20-ccf-second-reconciliation-bill-healthcare-cuts-2026]] | Added: 2026-03-20*
+
+The RSC's second reconciliation bill proposes site-neutral payments that would eliminate the enhanced FQHC reimbursement rates (~$300/visit vs ~$100/visit) that fund CHW programs. Combined with OBBBA's Medicaid cuts, this creates a two-vector attack on the institutional infrastructure that hosts most CHW programs. The challenge is not just documentation and operational infrastructure—the payment foundation itself is under legislative threat. Even if Z-code documentation improved and operational infrastructure was built, the revenue model that makes CHW programs economically viable within FQHCs would be eliminated by site-neutral payments.
+
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 Relevant Notes:

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 domain: health
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 tags: [reconciliation, medicaid, site-neutral-payments, rsc, second-bill, fqhc, republican]
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 ## Content
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 PRIMARY CONNECTION: [[SDOH interventions show strong ROI but adoption stalls because Z-code documentation remains below 3 percent and no operational infrastructure connects screening to action]]
 WHY ARCHIVED: The second reconciliation bill adds a SECOND threat to SDOH/CHW infrastructure on top of OBBBA. Site-neutral payments specifically target FQHCs, which are the primary institutional channel for CHW programs. Together with provider tax freeze (OBBBA), this creates a compound threat to the payment infrastructure that CHW scaling requires.
 EXTRACTION HINT: Extract as a compound claim: OBBBA (provider tax freeze) + second bill (site-neutral) = two-vector attack on CHW infrastructure. The extractor should show how these two mechanisms interact, not treat them as independent.
+
+
+## Key Facts
+- House Republican Study Committee unveiled framework for second budget reconciliation bill in January 2026
+- Second bill proposes eliminating Medicaid and CHIP eligibility for lawfully present immigrants effective October 1, 2026
+- Site-neutral payment provisions would require Medicare and potentially Medicaid to pay same rate regardless of service delivery setting
+- FQHCs currently receive approximately $300 per visit vs ~$100 in physician offices
+- 43% of FQHC revenue comes from Medicaid
+- RSC represents most conservative House Republican faction
+- Site-neutral payments likely to survive Senate Byrd Rule as significant budgetary provision