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Revisioning the Care Delivery Team: The Role of CHWs within State Innovation Models

Year:
2017
State:
NatDoc: National Document
Website Link:
Publicly Available:
Yes
Billing and Reimbursement:
Certification:
CHW role scope of practice, National guidance, Process and development, State input in process
Evidence Generation:
Documentation of how CHWs can work within care teams
Policy:
General language around CHW WD, Lessons learned from other states, MCO contract language and reimbursement models
Sustainable Financing:​
National-level guidance, Documentation of how CHWs can work within care teams
Workforce Development:

Summary

This brief, developed with support from the Commonwealth Fund, highlights the ways that states are using SIM grants to integrate CHWs into value-based health care systems. States can use their SIM experience and momentum from aligning multiple stakeholders to overcome the challenges to diffusing CHWs throughout the health care system.