Community Health Workers
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State Approaches to Community Health Worker Financing through Medicaid State Plan Amendments
/in Community Health Workers, Policy Featured News Home, Reports Community Health Workers /by Elinor Higgins and Sandra WilknissHow Alaska Supports Rural and Frontier Behavioral Health Services
/in Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Policy Alaska Blogs, Featured News Home Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Community Health Workers /by Rebekah FalknerStrengthening Oral Health in the U.S. through Integration and Workforce Development: Lessons from State and Federal Health Officials
/in Oral Health, Policy Blogs, Featured News Home Community Health Workers /by Allie Atkeson and Megan D’AlessandroCommunity Health Workers and Oral Health: Improving Access to Care Across the Lifespan in Minnesota
/in Community Health Workers Minnesota Featured News Home, Reports Community Health Workers, Oral Health /by Allie Atkeson and Ella RothCommunity Health Workers and Oral Health: Creating an Integrated Curriculum in Kansas
/in Community Health Workers Kansas Featured News Home, Reports Community Health Workers, Oral Health /by Allie Atkeson and Ella RothCommunity Health Workers Twitter Chat — Thursday, February 24
/in Community Health Workers Featured News Home Community Health Workers, Population Health /by NASHP StaffThe National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is hosting a Twitter chat on Thursday, February 24th at noon ET to continue the conversation around states’ best practices for sustainably financing the community health worker (CHW) workforce, and strategies to partner with these essential workers throughout and beyond the pandemic. To join the conversation, make […]
Lessons for Advancing and Sustaining State Community Health Worker Partnerships
/in Community Health Workers Featured News Home, Reports Community Health Workers /by Elinor Higgins, Elaine Chhean, Sandra Wilkniss and Hemi TewarsonState Community Health Worker Models
/in Community Health Workers Featured News Home, Maps Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Health Workers, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Long-Term Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home Community Health Workers /by NASHP StaffNASHP Resource Hub: State Strategies to Build and Support Palliative Care
/in Policy Reports, Toolkits Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Health Workers, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Featured Policy Home, Health Coverage and Access, Health System Costs, Long-Term Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Palliative Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Workforce Capacity Chronic and Complex Populations /by Kitty Purington, Wendy Fox-Grage and Salom TeshalePalliative care helps individuals with serious illness better manage the symptoms and stressors of disease. These services are interdisciplinary, person- and family-centered, and can help people at any stage of a serious illness.
States are uniquely positioned to influence how Americans think about access, and experience palliative care.
States Redesign Home Visiting Programs for a Telehealth World during COVID-19
/in COVID-19 State Action Center Michigan Blogs, Featured News Home Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Community Health Workers, COVID-19, Health Equity, Integrated Care for Children, Integrated for Pregnant/Parenting Women, Maternal Health and Mortality, Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health /by Taylor PlattAs families face immense stress from the pandemic, states have rapidly reworked their home visiting programs to continue to support women and children. Because face-to-face services, including case management and family support and counseling, are no longer an option, health departments now deliver these vital services by telehealth. But with this new operating platform, states […]
State Community Health Worker Models
/in Community Health Workers Featured News Home, Maps Behavioral/Mental Health and SUD, Care Coordination, Chronic and Complex Populations, Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Community Health Workers, Cost, Payment, and Delivery Reform, Health System Costs, Long-Term Care, Medicaid Managed Care, Physical and Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health, Primary Care/Patient-Centered/Health Home Community Health Workers /by NASHP Staff