Community Health Worker Model for Care Coordination: A Promising Practice for Frontier Communities

Year:

2012

State:

NatDoc: National Document

Website Link:

Publicly Available:

Yes

Billing and Reimbursement:

Certification:

Competencies, Funding of certification

Evidence Generation:

Documentation of how CHWs can work within care teams

Policy:

Sustainable Financing:

CMS and CDC engagement from a national level, How to engage and work with Medicaid

Workforce Development:

CHW training programs (not cert.)

Summary

Information is presented regarding the background and evolution of both the CHW and care coordination models. An overview of policy, regulatory, financing and workforce development issues are discussed with examples on how these models are emerging in six frontier states: Alaska, Montana, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon and Texas.

Community Health Worker Model for Care Coordination: A Promising Practice for Frontier Communities

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