Authors: Lockhart, Elizabeth, Turner, DeAnne, Martinez-Tyson, Dinorah, Baldwin, Julie A.,Marhefka, Stephanie L.
Medicaid Health Homes (MHHs) are an innovative way to engage CHWs, seeking to improve patients’ health by providing care coordination for chronic conditions via virtual health care networks for states with expanded Medicaid access. Through qualitative interviews, this study aimed to understand the perceptions of MHH administrators regarding CHW engagement in MHHs, along with the facilitating factors and barriers in adopting MHHs. The study shows that barriers prevent CHWs from being integrated into all MHHs in some contexts, however there are opportunities for further CHW integration.
Link: Opportunities for and Perceptions of Integrating Community Health Workers Via the Affordable Care Act: Medicaid Health Homes
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Chronic conditions, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Health care delivery, Home Healthcare, Integration, Medicare and Medicaid
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2022
Region: North America (U.S. and Canada)
Country: United States of America
Publisher May Restrict Access: No