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Lessons for Advancing and Sustaining State Community Health Worker Partnerships

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Medicaid reimbursement for CHW services has been added to the state plan, and some of Rhode Island’s Accountable Care Entities also employ CHWs in managed care settings. The CHWs were an integral part of the vaccine equity team and helped NMDOH develop a Community Resource Center and a set of flipcharts about vaccination.

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State Community Health Worker Models

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integrating?CHWs CHWs into evolving health care systems in key areas such as financing, education and training, certification , and state definitions, roles and scope of practice. ACO Accountable Care Organizations. CBCM Community Based Care Management Program. MCO Managed Care Organizations.

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Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid: A Strategy for Supporting Primary Care in Rural Areas

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“Health Care Access in Rural Areas: Evidence that Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions in the United States May Increase with the Level Of Rurality.” Rural Healthcare Workforce. www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/health-care-workforce#characteristics. [vi] Health Place. 2009 Sep;15(3):731-40. 2008.12.007.