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Community Health Worker Programs

Curates recent evidence behind community health worker programs that support people with complex health and social needs, as well as practical strategies to support effective implementation of these programs.

Collection

April 2023

Staffing Transformation Following Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Among Health Resources & Services Administration-Funded Health Centers

The Patient-Centered Medical Home model shows positive impacts in health center settings including improved quality of care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2023

Community Health Worker Integration with and Effectiveness in Health Care and Public Health in the United States

Community health worker interventions are effective for improving health behaviors and outcomes and reducing health care costs for people with chronic disease.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2023

Dementia Care Navigation: Building Toward a Common Definition, Key Principles, and Outcomes

An expert panel proposed key principles for designing care navigation programs for persons living with dementia and their caregivers.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2023

Impact of New York State’s Health Home Model on Health Care Utilization

Health homes significantly decreased rates of inpatient utilization over two years for adults receiving mental health treatment.

Peer-Reviewed Article

March 2023

Incorporating Medications for Opioid Use Disorder into Jail/Prison Facilities

This budget impact tool can support correctional health care professionals in planning onsite programs that offer medications for opioid use disorder.

Implementation Tool

March 2023

Evaluating a Care Management Program for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries: Evidence from Rhode Island

Community health worker-led program associated with reduced acute care utilization and lower Medicaid and total costs for dually eligible individuals.

Brief/Report

February 2023

Quality of Depression Care for Veterans Affairs Primary Care Patients with Experiences of Homelessness

Homeless-tailored primary care clinics within Veterans Affairs facilities improved depression care for people experiencing homelessness.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2023

Complex Community Health and Social Care Interventions – Which Features Lead to Reductions in Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions? A Systematic Literature Review

Primary care-based interventions that integrate community health and social care services can reduce the rate of avoidable hospitalizations.

Peer-Reviewed Article

December 2022

The Paramedic Will See You Now: Expanding Access to Community-Based Care for People with Complex Needs

Highlighted two community paramedicine programs in New England and rural North Carolina that serve people with complex needs.

Webinar

November 2022

Peer Support to Reduce Readmission in Medicaid-Enrolled Adults with Substance Use Disorder

Peer support services for substance use care led to reduced acute care utilization among select managed care members in Pennsylvania.

Peer-Reviewed Article

October 2022

Intensive Care Management of a Complex Medicaid Population: A Randomized Evaluation

An intensive care management intervention led to over $23,000 savings per year in total medical expenses for participating high-risk Medicaid ACO enrollees.

Peer-Reviewed Article

September 2022

A Patient-Centered Complex Care Research Agenda

Recommendations for building a stronger, more coordinated, and patient-centered complex care evidence base.

Brief/Report

September 2022

Outcomes of Home-Based Primary Care for Homebound Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Randomized controlled trial of a home-based primary care program shows some improved outcomes and contributes to evidence base on home-based primary care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

August 2022

Quality Measures for Patients at Risk of Adverse Outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration: Expert Panel Recommendations

Recommended set of evidence-based measures for high-quality care for patients with complex needs based on systematic review of relevant measures.

Peer-Reviewed Article

August 2022

Transcending Inequities in Dementia Care in Black Communities: Lessons from the Maximizing Independence at Home Care Coordination Program

Black caregivers of people with dementia share their perspectives on a care coordination intervention.

Peer-Reviewed Article

July 2022

High Touch, High Trust: Using Community Health Advocates and Lawyers to Address ED High Utilizers

Social and legal services to address health care costs and utilization may be most effective for individuals with moderately high utilization who are less clinically complex.

Peer-Reviewed Article

July 2022

Mixed Method Evaluation of Louisiana’s Prerelease Medicaid Enrollment Program, 2017–2019

Louisiana improved Medicaid enrollment and health care access for people reentering communities from state prisons.

Peer-Reviewed Article

July 2022

Impact on Health Care Utilization and Costs of a Medicaid Community Health Worker Program in Detroit, 2018–2020: A Randomized Program Evaluation

Medicaid enrollees in a community health worker program had fewer emergency department visits and more outpatient ambulatory care use than beneficiaries who received usual care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2022

Medical Respite Care Tool Kit

Resources to help organizations plan and implement medical respite care programs, including program development guides, case examples, and implementation tools.

Website/Resource Center

April 2022

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Community Health Worker Programs

Staffing Transformation Following Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Among Health Resources & Services Administration-Funded Health Centers

Community Health Worker Integration with and Effectiveness in Health Care and Public Health in the United States

Dementia Care Navigation: Building Toward a Common Definition, Key Principles, and Outcomes

Impact of New York State’s Health Home Model on Health Care Utilization

Incorporating Medications for Opioid Use Disorder into Jail/Prison Facilities

Evaluating a Care Management Program for Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries: Evidence from Rhode Island

Quality of Depression Care for Veterans Affairs Primary Care Patients with Experiences of Homelessness

Complex Community Health and Social Care Interventions – Which Features Lead to Reductions in Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions? A Systematic Literature Review

The Paramedic Will See You Now: Expanding Access to Community-Based Care for People with Complex Needs

Peer Support to Reduce Readmission in Medicaid-Enrolled Adults with Substance Use Disorder

Intensive Care Management of a Complex Medicaid Population: A Randomized Evaluation

A Patient-Centered Complex Care Research Agenda

Outcomes of Home-Based Primary Care for Homebound Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Quality Measures for Patients at Risk of Adverse Outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration: Expert Panel Recommendations

Transcending Inequities in Dementia Care in Black Communities: Lessons from the Maximizing Independence at Home Care Coordination Program

High Touch, High Trust: Using Community Health Advocates and Lawyers to Address ED High Utilizers

Mixed Method Evaluation of Louisiana’s Prerelease Medicaid Enrollment Program, 2017–2019

Impact on Health Care Utilization and Costs of a Medicaid Community Health Worker Program in Detroit, 2018–2020: A Randomized Program Evaluation

Medical Respite Care Tool Kit