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Community Health Workers: Building a workforce in Nevada to reduce health disparities and increase access to care

Year:
2016
State:
NV
Website Link:
Publicly Available:
Yes
Billing and Reimbursement:
Certification:
Competencies, Training and training programs
Evidence Generation:
Documentation of how CHWs can work within care teams, ROI and bundled payment successes/challenges
Policy:
Sustainable Financing:​
How to engage and work with Medicaid
Workforce Development:

Summary

Presentation defining CHWs and their roles, recognizing the need for utilizing CHWs to address health disparities, raising awareness of how CHWs can improve the health of underserved communities, improve access and reduce costs, and understanding policy and systems changes to support the integration and sustainability of CHWs into the healthcare system.