March CTC-RI Best Practices in Team-Based Care
In March, we had an engaging Best Practices in Team-Based Care session: "Lessons Learned: Integrating Community Health Worker Billing into Pediatric Primary Care”. Our expert panel shared lessons learned and strategies for having the clinical, IT and billing staff work together to design and implement templates and workflows to bill for community health worker services:
- How CHW billing can be integrated into pediatric primary care workflows to support CHW sustainability.
- Collaborative team efforts that can be used to establish CHW billing processes.
- Successes and challenges from practices using the DULCE model to integrate CHW billing in pediatric and family care settings.
Featured Panelists:
- Scott Hewitt, MA – Associate Director of Integrated Care, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care
- Tracey Ravello, CPC – Director of Revenue Cycle Operations, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care
- Renay Agli – Senior Billing/Credentialing Manager, Tri-County Community Action Agency
- Jalyn Alzate, CHW – DULCE Family Specialist, Care New England Family Care Center
- Marybeth Sutter, MD, FAAFP – Director of Maternal and Child Health, Care New England Family Care Center; Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Brown University
- Nancy Silva, MBA, CCHW – Senior Director, Health Initiatives, RIPIN
- Emily Garthee, MBA, SHRM-CP, PHR – Chief Operating Officer, RIPIN
- Ann-Marie Barone – Director of Health Information Management, Tri-County Community Action Agency
- Joel P. Guzman, CCHW – Community Health Worker Supervisor, Center for Primary Care & Pediatric Primary Care, Hasbro Children's Hospital.
Moderator: Yolanda Bowes, CTC-RI Senior Project Manager