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Community Health Workers/Promotores in Chronic Care: A Discussion Paper

Year:
2007
State:
NatDoc: National Document
Website Link:
Publicly Available:
Yes
Billing and Reimbursement:
Certification:
Competencies, Process and development
Evidence Generation:
Documentation of how CHWs can work within care teams, Evidence-based interventions, ROI and bundled payment successes/challenges
Policy:
Sustainable Financing:​
How to engage and work with Medicaid
Workforce Development:
CDC expand CHW work into SDOH, CHW training programs (not cert.)

Summary

Community Health Works put out this informal discussion paper in November, 2006, to promote discussion among CHWs and their allies on the long-standing issue of sustainability and credentialing for health workers. Community Health Workers is the partnership of San Francisco State University and City College of San Francisco.