Community Health Worker Programs: A Case Study Compendium – Six models to guide program development
This research report compares six best-in-class community health worker care team models across key components of programming, including scope of role, target population, and hiring model.
Nebraska Community Health Worker Coalition Timeline
Timeline of CHW coalition development beginning in 1996 and continuing through 2014.
Responses to Public Comments: Proposed Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) for Community Health Worker (CHW) Services
Rhode Island: Includes comments and responses on reimbursement rates, provider qualifications and billing, payment methodology, beneficiary eligibility for CHW services, non-fee for service models, and general support.
Community Health Workers in Rhode Island: A Study of a Growing Public Health Workforce
Community Health Workers are gaining recognition as a valuable, newly emergent public health workforce. This article describes a qualitative study that generated a snapshot of Community Health Worker employment in Rhode Island, gathered collective wisdom and stakeholders’ perspectives about how to pay for a community health workforce, and highlighted promising opportunities to grow and sustain […]
Addressing maternal and child health equity through a community health worker home visiting intervention to reduce low birth-weight: retrospective quasi-experimental study of the Arizona Health Start Programme
Objective: To test if participation in the Health Start Programme, an Arizona statewide Community Health Worker (CHW) maternal and child health (MCH) home visiting programme, reduced rates of low birth weight (LBW), very LBW (VLBW), extremely LBW (ELBW) and preterm birth (PTB). Conclusion: A state health department-operated MCH home visiting intervention that employs CHWs as […]
Community Health Worker Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Readiness to Manage Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important public health concern with higher prevalence among women. Community health workers (CHWs) are trusted frontline public health workers that bridge gaps between communities and healthcare services. Despite their effectiveness in delivering services and improving outcomes for different chronic conditions, there is a dearth of understanding regarding CHW management […]
Feasibility of a Web-Based Training System for Peer Community Health Advisors in Cancer Early Detection Among African Americans
We describe the feasibility of a Web-based portal for training peer community health advisors (CHAs). We conducted a community-based implementation trial in African American churches between 2012 and 2014. The Web-based portal allows CHAs to log in and view 13 training videos, preparing them to deliver 3 cancer early detection workshops in their churches. Of […]
Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota: An introduction to Community Health Workers and South Dakota Medicaid Reimbursement for CHWs in South Dako
Updated presentation on CHW reimbursement in SD. Includes a scope of work outline, reimbursement rates, training programs, and a CHW toolkit.
South Dakota Medicaid Billing and Policy Manuel: CHW
This documents provides information on eligible providers, eligible recipients, covered services and limits, non-covered services, document services, reimbursement and claim instructions, and definitions.
Community Health Worker (CHW) Agency Addendum to the South Dakota Medicaid Provider Agreement
This document serves as a formal addendum to your South Dakota Medicaid Provider Agreement and enables you to become an enrolled Community Health Worker (CHW) Agency. It provides summaries of all procedural regulations with which a “CHW Agency” must comply, including hiring procedures.
