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

A substance use navigator program embedded in emergency departments of an urban health system increased rates of treatment engagement post-discharge.

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

A telephone-based community health worker program offered critical supports for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Managed care clinical pharmacists led multiple initiatives to address the substance use disorder treatment gap in Oregon

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

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

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

Including spiritual care within care management programs in outpatient, managed care, and population health settings can enhance patient care and support the effectiveness of the interdisciplinary care team.

Nurses and members of fully staffed interdisciplinary care teams are more likely to use patient identification and care management tools.

A short-term emergency department navigator program helped address acute care utilization for individuals with low baseline utilization through primary care follow up appointments and assistance with social needs.

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.

Shared practical implementation considerations that can support health plans and provider groups in developing community-based models of care that use the strengths of social workers and community health workers.

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

Community-based care management programs for patients with complex health and social needs have the potential to reduce hospitalizations and inpatient costs.

Virtual collaborative care intervention demonstrates an approach to improve medication adherence and health outcomes.

Patients with complex needs were more satisfied with in-home urgent care delivered by community paramedics than with emergency department urgent care.

A hospital-based program showed that peer recovery coaching can be seamlessly integrated into the workflow of busy emergency departments to address the longer-term needs of people with substance use disorders.

Patients and community health workers (CHWs) share perspectives on the impact of CHW services provided within a primary care setting to address barriers to equitable care.