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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.