Are you a Community Health worker that works in PA with MCOs, CBOs, vendors, and provider partners? Then this blog post is for you!

#staycompliant

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What is a Community Health Worker?

• A trusted individual that contribute to the community health outcomes
• Other titles fall under Community health worker- not limited to other titles such as outreach worker, patient navigator and promotores de salud.

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What is changing?

• Starting 1/1/26- community workers need to get certified -certified through the Pennsylvania Certification Board
• Community Health Workers that are employed outside of UHC PA will have until 12/31/26 to get certified

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Education/Training requirenment:

• 75 total hours of education from a PCB accredited CHW training provider gained within the last five years. 
• Training Provider list- https://www.pacertboard.org/cchw

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For additional requirenments please click here.

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