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ForwardPCMH Learning Network Lehigh Capital PA - March 26, 2024
We learned during the 2023 learning sessions that PCMH practices were seeking more education on how to more effectively utilize and integrate Community Health Workers (CHW) into their practices. This learning session will teach PCMH healthcare team members how to engage, train, supervise and retain CHWs.
Agenda:
8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. – Welcome – Laura Line, PCMH Advisor, The Health Federation of Philadelphia
8:35 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. – The PA CHW Collaborative’s Strategies in 2024 to Support and Sustain the CHW Workforce – CHW Collaborative Representatives from the Region: Rebecca Miller, Jamie Santana, Emily Nardella
8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – PA DHS’ Funding and Program Changes for CHWs – Gwen Zander, JD, Director of Managed Care Operations, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, PA Department of Human Services
9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – 2024 Medicare Billing Policies for Community Health Integration Services involving CHWs – Carl Rush, MRP, Principal Consultant, Community Resources, LLC
9:15 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. – PA Certification Board’s Certified CHW Credential and Panel of Accredited CHW training Programs in Lehigh Capital– Facilitated by Laura Line
- Elizabeth Schaffer, MS, MPH, CHES, Health Educator, East Central PA AHEC
- Diamond Poyer, MEd, CMC, CSMC, Program Manager, Temple University Harrisburg
9:35 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – PA Navigate Update
- Keith Cromwell, MEd, Program Director, Central PA Connect Health Information Exchange
- Heather Dender, Customer Training Program Manager, findhelp
10:00 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. – Report Out on Action Steps by PCMHs
- Poll on CHW staffing
- Name one thing you plan to implement, based on what you heard today.
- All answer in chat at the same time at the facilitator’s signal.
10:25 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Wrap Up & Evaluation
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
- Describe the role of CHWs and how the PA CHW Collaborative is supporting the CHW workforce
- Describe how to finance CHWs’ roles and services under new Medicare and Medicaid policies
- Describe how CHWs can become certified CHWs and the available training programs in your region
- Identify next steps for your PCMH team based on your team’s context and the lessons learned of other PCMHs in your region
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Audience Disclosure slides (002)_19.pptx | 460.11 KB |
 PCMH Lehigh Capital 3.26.24 Agenda.docx | 50.47 KB |
 2. PA CHW Collaborative_PCMH Presentation.pdf | 3.07 MB |
| 4. Medicare CHI basics Jan 2024.pdf | 919.2 KB |
| HealthChoices PCMH Learning Network - AHEC Learning Session.pdf | 1.92 MB |
| TUH CHW for PCMH Webinar PPT.pdf | 1.09 MB |
| PCMH_PA Navigate PPT.pdf | 1.07 MB |
We learned during the 2023 learning sessions that PCMH practices were seeking more education on how to more effectively utilize and integrate Community Health Workers (CHW) into their practices. This learning session will teach PCMH healthcare team members how to engage, train, supervise and retain CHWs.
We learned during the 2023 learning sessions that PCMH practices were seeking more education on how to more effectively utilize and integrate Community Health Workers (CHW) into their practices. This learning session will teach PCMH healthcare team members how to engage, train, supervise and retain CHWs.
Agenda:
8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. – Welcome – Laura Line, PCMH Advisor, The Health Federation of Philadelphia
8:35 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. – The PA CHW Collaborative’s Strategies in 2024 to Support and Sustain the CHW Workforce – CHW Collaborative Representatives from the Region: Rebecca Miller, Jamie Santana, Emily Nardella
8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – PA DHS’ Funding and Program Changes for CHWs – Gwen Zander, JD, Director of Managed Care Operations, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, PA Department of Human Services
9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – 2024 Medicare Billing Policies for Community Health Integration Services involving CHWs – Carl Rush, MRP, Principal Consultant, Community Resources, LLC
9:15 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. – PA Certification Board’s Certified CHW Credential and Panel of Accredited CHW training Programs in Lehigh Capital– Facilitated by Laura Line
- Elizabeth Schaffer, MS, MPH, CHES, Health Educator, East Central PA AHEC
- Diamond Poyer, MEd, CMC, CSMC, Program Manager, Temple University Harrisburg
9:35 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – PA Navigate Update
- Keith Cromwell, MEd, Program Director, Central PA Connect Health Information Exchange
- Heather Dender, Customer Training Program Manager, findhelp
10:00 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. – Report Out on Action Steps by PCMHs
- Poll on CHW staffing
- Name one thing you plan to implement, based on what you heard today.
- All answer in chat at the same time at the facilitator’s signal.
10:25 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Wrap Up & Evaluation
Suzanne Cohen, Senior Director of Population Health, The Health Federation of Philadelphia
Rebecca Miller
Jamie Santana
Emily Nardella
Gwen Zander, JD, Director of Managed Care Operations, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, PA Department of Human Services
Carl Rush, MRP, Principal Consultant, Community Resources, LLC
Laura Line
Elizabeth Schaffer, MS, MPH, CHES, Health Educator, East Central PA AHEC
Rebecca Bieber, LSW, Assistant Director for Professional Development, Temple University Harrisburg
Keith Cromwell, MEd, Program Director, Central PA Connect Health Information Exchange
Heather Dender, Customer Training Program Manager, findhelp
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. 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 2.0 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.0 contact hours.
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
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 2.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 2.00 ASWB
- 2.00 Attendance