Community Health Representative
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The IHS Community Health Representative (CHR) Program provides guidance and support to a national Tribal Community Health Workforce identified as Community Health Representatives (CHRs) working across American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) communities. CHRs are frontline public health workers who improve access to healthcare in AI/AN communities and build community capacity.
CHR Fee-for-Service Medicaid Billing Environmental Scan
The IHS CHR Program Fee-for-Service Medicaid Billing Environmental Scan and Recommendations, Second Edition, provides an overview of how Medicaid reimbursement policies affect CHR programs across the country. The report examines that of the 18 states with fee-for-service Community Health Worker reimbursement, only six allow for a CHR program to bill Medicaid for CHR services.
Pulling from key findings collected from the environmental scan, it presents relevant information from the Medicaid website, managed care organization (MCO) summaries, state CHR programs, training andsupervision, the Medicaid enrollment process, certification, provider order/referral process, mode and location of service delivery, covered services, documentation, reimbursement process, and rates and billing limits. The report covers barriers to enrollment and reimbursement, and provides actionable recommendations to clear hurdles based on each state's requirements.
IHS CHR Updates
IHS CHR TRAINING HUB
CHR Basic Training is now known as CHR I: Foundations. Learn more!
