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ForwardCommunity HealthChoices Overview
This learning activity provides a foundational overview of Pennsylvania’s Community HealthChoices (CHC) program. Participants will learn who is eligible for CHC and Long-Term Services and Supports, gain clarity on care coordination roles and responsibilities within the CHC model, and understand how these roles support participants throughout enrollment and ongoing services. The session also highlights key contacts and resources available to assist participants, providers, and care teams before and after CHC enrollment, promoting effective communication and continuity of care.
Target Audience
Nurse
Social Worker
Discharge planning professionals
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to:
• Understand Participant eligibility for Community HealthChoices (CHC) and Long-Term Services and Supports.
• Clarify care coordination roles and responsibilities within CHC.
• Identify key contacts for support before and after CHC enrollment.
This learning activity provides a foundational overview of Pennsylvania’s Community HealthChoices (CHC) program. Participants will learn who is eligible for CHC and Long-Term Services and Supports, gain clarity on care coordination roles and responsibilities within the CHC model, and understand how these roles support participants throughout enrollment and ongoing services. The session also highlights key contacts and resources available to assist participants, providers, and care teams before and after CHC enrollment, promoting effective communication and continuity of care.
Marissa Logue
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.
Social Work (ASWB)
This program is offered for 1.0 hours of social work continuing education.
Nursing (ANCC)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 ASWB
- 1.00 Attendance