Community Health Workers in the United States: Time to Expand a Critical Workforce
This article covers the critical nature of CHW’s work, the lessons learned during COVID-19, and the opportunity for investing in the CHW workforce.
Organizational Readiness for Community Health Worker Workforce Integration Among Medicaid Contracted Health Plans and Provider Networks: An Arizona Case Study
Understanding and building organizational capacity for system change and the integration of the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce within the healthcare sector requires a supportive organizational culture among sector leaders and providers. The aim of this mixed-methods study was to assess organizational readiness for CHW workforce integration into Arizona Medicaid health systems and care teams. […]
Community Health Worker Sustainability: Funding, Payment, and Reimbursement Laws in the United States
A 2016 review of state CHW laws conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that states have taken various approaches to using laws to establish funding mechanisms for CHW services. States can establish funding mechanisms for CHWs in laws in numerous ways, including grants, state programs, Medicaid reimbursement, or other social […]
Studying Executive Directors and Supervisors Views of Organizational and Policy-Level Challenges Faced by Community Health Workers
Within the United States, there is an absence of a national community health worker (CHW) program. There is substantial regional and state-based variability in the population served by CHWs, their disease focus, and availability of training, supervision, and other supports. This article seeks to respond to the call in the literature to work collaboratively with […]
South Dakota’s National Council on Aging Webinar
This is a transcript for South Dakota’s Webinar for the National Council on Aging. The transcript details South Dakota’s work with community health workers including reimbursement, State Plan Amendments, and their strategic plan.
CHW Reimbursement Model: South Dakota
This presentation outlines South Dakota’s model for reimbursing CHWs, including South Dakota Medicaid’s definition of CHW scope of services, reimbursement rates, training programs, an overview of South Dakota’s Community Health Worker Collaborative, South Dakota’s CHW Planning and Assessment Toolkit, and planned next steps.
An Analysis of State CHW Certification and Training Program Models
A PowerPoint presentation on a study of certification programs by a CDC staff member, including key informant interviews and a state-by-state survey. Includes background on the nature and role of certification, and selected features of certification programs for all identified states, and case studies from selected states on the process of developing certification.
Community Health Workers in Time of Crisis: A COVID-19 Case Study
This article focuses on the lived experiences of those implementing community health worker (CHW) programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based in an upper mid-west state, this qualitative case study is bounded by the state-level context and two distinct local case sites—one rural and one urban—and includes the experiences of five CHWs, two program directors, and […]
“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Best Practices Learned Through Supporting Community Health Workers in Hawai’i Nei and and Beyond
The purpose of this editorial is to illustrate important lessons that we have learned while working as community health workers (CHWs), or with CHWs, over the past 20 years nationally and in Hawai‘i. We describe our personal and professional encounters with the CHW movement over time, and share the values of the CHW movement and […]
Community Health Worker Services
This document on South Dakota Medicaid Billing and Policy outlines various elements of the CHW reimbursement process, including the eligible providers, eligible recipients, covered services and limits, approved curriculums, and reimbursement and claim instructions.