The Connecticut Mirror

Community health workers deserve their promised reimbursement

The General Assembly made a fundamental commitment to the health of Connecticut families in 2023, enacting legislation requiring the state to reimburse for services provided by community health ...
katv

Medicaid reimbursement for community health workers promises to fill rural health gaps

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An Arkansas law that is set to take effect next month is promising to help improve rural health disparities. Act 435, The Community Health Workers Act does two things: Creates a ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

NH community health workers push for certification, Medicaid reimbursement

Community health workers don’t provide clinical care, but serve as liaisons between the health system and their communities. Community health workers are sometimes called the “boots on the ground” of ...
WBJournal

Proposed bill would require insurers to cover community health worker services

Walae Hayek of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, Lissette Blondet of the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers, and Suzanne Curry of Health Care For All testified on ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Medicaid reimbursement seen as boon for Arkansas community health workers

With a law taking effect next month that requires the state Medicaid program and some private health plans to provide reimbursement for services provided by community health workers, supporters of the ...