Monterey County Community Health Workers Convening: Recent Developments & Future Opportunities
Conference agenda for May 2019. Convened by Monterey county health department and UCSF. Learning objectives included: Understand the local and national CHW landscape Understand CHWs’ return on investment (ROI) in clinical and community settings Understand CHWs’ contributions to health equity Understand the successes and challenges of utilizing CHWs in the region Co-create the future of […]
Medicaid Managed Care Organizations and Community Health Workers (CHWs)
Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) are increasingly engaging community health workers (CHWs) (including workers with other titles under the CHW umbrella such as community health navigator, peer educator, outreach specialist, etc.). MCOs have voluntarily implemented CHW programs in some cases and have been required to do so by state contracts in others. This document is NACHW’s […]
Dialogue About the Workforce for Population Health Improvement: Proceedings of a Workshop
On March 21, 2019, the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) convened a 1-day workshop to explore the broad and multi-disciplinary nature of the population health workforce. The workshop was held at the Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, DC, and organized […]
Population Health in Rural America in 2020: Proceedings of a Workshop (2021)
To explore issues related to population health in rural America, the public virtual workshop Population Health in Rural America in 2020 was convened on June 24–25, 2020, by the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement of the Board on Population Health and Public Health Prac- tice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The […]
Community Health Worker Deployment to At-Risk Areas
Supported by CARES and Medicaid funding, NCDHHS issued a Request for Proposals to employ over 350 CHWs to work in 55 North Carolina counties. Counties were selected based on high COVID-19 caseloads. This CHW project started in August 2020 and is projected to end June 30, 2021. NCDHHS selected seven vendors to recruit, train, and […]
Development of National Standards for Organizations That Employ Community Health Workers: Project Fact Sheet
In partnership with Penn Center for Community Health Workers and with support from the Commonwealth Fund and the Community Health Acceleration Partnership, NCQA is developing national standards on program elements that support CHWs’ work to provide high-quality care to the communities they serve. These standards can be used by employers, states and other payers to […]
North Dakota House Concurrent Resolution No. 3015
A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the feasibility and desirability of implementing a community health worker program, including recommendations regarding a definition of a community health worker, the scope of work of a community health worker, the infrastructure for training of community health workers, the development of a community health worker certification process and related […]
State Of Nevada Department Of Administration – Request for Proposal: 40DHHS-S1457
Announcement invites proposals to provide risk-based capitated Managed Care Organization (Vendor) services designed in support of the Title XIX (Medicaid). Document discusses CHWs under care-coordination on page 148.
Assembly Bill No. 191 – Committee on Health and Human Services
An act relating to Medicaid; requiring the State Plan for Medicaid to include coverage for the services of a community health worker under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Nevada Community Health Worker Association’s Monthly Newsletter: December 2016
Newsletter with information regarding CHW mentor/mentee project, statewide needs assessment, events and opportunities, and training programs.
