Kentucky House Bill 525: An Act relating to community health workers – Final Draft
This is the final draft of Kentucky House Bill 525, which calls for the Kentucky House to create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid reimbursement for certain services provided by certified community health workers; create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish community health worker certification; amend KRS 205.6497 to […]
Kentucky House Bill 525: An Act relating to community health workers – Edited Draft
This is an edited draft of Kentucky House Bill 525, which calls for the Kentucky House to create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid reimbursement for certain services provided by certified community health workers; create new sections of KRS Chapter 309 to establish community health worker certification; amend KRS 205.6497 to […]
Research interests, experience, and training of Community Health Workers: a mixed Method Approach
The Affordable Care Act includes a call for community health care workers (CHWs) to be integrated into health care delivery systems to improve health care quality. In recent years, there have been increasing calls for community-based participatory research (CBPR) and patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR), as such types of research hold much potential for identifying interventions […]
Louisiana Title XIX State Plan Approval
This document is a letter from the Office of the Secretary for Louisiana Department of Health to the Director of Medicaid and CHIP Operations Group approving Louisiana Title XIX State Plan Material. The purpose of this State Plan Amendment is to implement coverage of community health worker (CHW) services to address health related chronic diseases.
MediCal Explained: What Are Alternative Payment Models?
Over the past decade, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has increasingly used health care provider payment reforms that encourage better value in the health care system. These payment reforms are known as alternative payment models (APMs) and are defined as a provider payment method that uses financial incentives for the provision of […]
MACStats: Medicaid and CHIP Data Book
This 2020 edition of the MACStats: Medicaid and CHIP Data Book presents the most current data available on Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), two programs that provide a safety net for low-income populations who otherwise would not have access to health care coverage and that cover services other payers often do […]
Massachusetts Statewide CHW Workforce Surveillance Survey
Report of baseline survey results of Massachusetts Statewide CHW Workforce Surveillance Survey
2022 CHW Employer Forum Resources
This document contains the resources that were shared during the “Sustainability” session of DFW-CHW Association’s 2022 CHW Employer Forum.
State Approaches to Community Health Worker Financing through Medicaid State Plan Amendments
This brief provides an overview of recent developments in Medicaid State Plan Amendments (SPAs). States can use SPAs to shape Medicaid benefits to address enrollee needs and reimburse for CHW services as part of a sustainable financing approach. With a SPA, benefits must be offered statewide and without targeting populations. Twenty or more states have […]
Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker (CHW) Training and Certification Advisory Committee
Agenda for committee meeting of Texas Department of State Health Service’s Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker (CHW) Training and Certification Advisory Committee
