CHW SERVICES
The Community Health Worker Services
we provide include
Health Education
CHWs promote patient health or address barriers to physical and mental health care.
- Offer information or instruction on health topics. The content of health education is consistent with established or recognized health care standards.
- Provide patient coaching and goal-setting to improve patients' health or their ability to self-manage health conditions.
Health Navigation
CHWs provide information, training, referrals, or support to assist patients to:
- Access health care
- Connect to community resources
- Address health care barriers and health-related social needs, including connecting to medical translation/interpretation or transportation services
Preventive Services
- Screening and assessment that does not require a license and that assists a beneficiary to connect to appropriate services to improve their health.
- Individual support or advocacy that assists a beneficiary in preventing the onset or exacerbation of a health condition or preventing injury or violence.
Closing HEDIS Gaps
- Assist health plan, provider groups, or medical homes to reach out to patients who is on the HEDIS gap list to schedule preventive services.
- Provide health coaching to help noncompliant patients understand the importance of preventive care.
- Help patients coordinate appointments, translation services, and transportation to get the preventive services completed.