This brief offers tips for managed care organizations and Medicaid agencies on how to incorporate community health worker expertise when building or enhancing CHW programs.
Comprehensive scan reveals diverse strategies in program design and provider reimbursement for community health worker services within state Medicaid programs.
Mental health service stakeholders can use this framework to assess and strengthen behavioral health crisis systems using established national guidelines.
A review of existing literature finds that medical respite care reduces hospital and emergency department visits, increased use of outpatient care, and leads to overall cost savings.
Interdisciplinary care teams, telehealth, and flexible payment models are included as key recommendations to increase access to home-based primary care in rural communities.
California community paramedicine and triage to alternative destination programs lead to more coordinated care and reductions in emergency department visits and hospital readmissions.
Describes core competencies that convey the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes of complex care practitioners and teams to improve care for people with complex needs.