This study offers a standardized approach for embedding community health workers into primary care, providing a valuable framework for health systems aiming to integrate this workforce.
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.
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.
Toolkit offers health care stakeholders in rural areas with practical information to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of community paramedicine programs.
Integrated care in MassHealth ACOs varies greatly across primary care practice type and is associated with greater ability to improve care quality and advance health equity.
Curated collection of research studies highlights the efficacy of services provided by community-based organizations, with a focus on outcomes relevant to health care partners.
An overview of NYC Health + Hospital’s implementation of a primary care-based social needs screening and referral program, including key implementation challenges and success factors.
Randomized controlled trial measuring the impact of a community paramedicine model implemented in two rural counties shows reduction in emergency department visits.