CHWs and CHRs in South Dakota – Accessing Medicaid Reimbursement to Sustain the Workforce | June 17, 2024

Date of Presentation: June 17, 2024

Type: Past Presentation

Audience: Clinical Community

Program: Community Health Representative

Keywords: #chr #community health representative #medicaid #reimbursement #workforce

In this series of presentations, moderator Michelle Archuleta, National CHR Consultant for the Indian Health Service, welcomes speakers Elana Montgomery, CHR/CHW Specialist serving the Oglala Sioux Tribe, as well as Ben Tiensvold, Executive Director, and Vicki Palmreuter, Program Manager and Tribal Liaison, who both serve the Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota. Elana, Ben, and Vicki discuss the successes of Medicaid reimbursement for CHW and CHR programs in South Dakota. CHR programs in South Dakota have successfully received Medicaid reimbursement and are excited to share lessons learned and tips for success with other states and CHR programs. At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

Summarize South Dakota’s Medicaid Reimbursement, including the State’s work to develop reimbursement to include CHR programs.
Identify lessons learned from South Dakota’s Medicaid reimbursement journey to assist other states and organizations in obtaining Medicaid reimbursement
Understand the successes of Medicaid reimbursement for individual patients/clients and CHR programs

To join the session, simply click here at the time of ECHO June 17th at 12pm PT: https://echo.zoom.us/j/85861655901?pwd=0em1G52lvvVpnihVPOoGwp1hDlPjpo.1

Please note recording will be available shortly following the session.

Recording:

Presented by:

Ben Tiensvold

Executive Director | Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota

Ben Tiensvold has served as the lead contact for the CHWSD since its inception in January 2020. He has led the CHWSD through significant growth over the first three years, in part due to the CDC Health Disparities Grant funding the SD Department of Health received in June of 2021. Additionally, for the past nine years, Ben served as the Coordinator for the South Dakota Diabetes Coalition (SDDC). Ben is passionate about the CHW profession and works to be an ally for all CHWs. Ben previously worked with the SD Department of Health in 2015 and 2016 on Community Health Worker-related introductory projects. This work led to key recommendations for CHWs (which the South Dakota Department of Social Services then used to develop CHW Medicaid reimbursement). Ben has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Communication Studies and Public Relations from Southwest Minnesota State University and recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Public Health from New Mexico State University.

Vicki Palmreuter

Program Manager and Tribal Liaison | Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota

Vicki Palmreuter has extensive healthcare experience in population and community health. She is a certified master trainer in chronic disease self-management education, a lifestyle coach for the national diabetes prevention program, and has a background in tribal health and business development. Prior to her current role, during her time as the community health coordinator at Monument Health, she led the community health needs assessment process and the formation of the related implementation strategies. Vicki graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, with a bachelor of arts in biology, and is certified by the HealthSciences Institute as a Chronic Care Professional. As a program manager for South Dakota Foundation for Medical Care, in her current role as a tribal liaison and program manager with the CHWSD, Vicki supports tribal programs, health care facilities, private payors, and community-based organizations initiating or expanding community health worker programs and organizations seeking or providing reimbursement for these services.

Elana Montgomery

CHR/CHW Specialist | Oglala Sioux Tribe

Elana Montgomery, currently serves as a CHR/CHW Specialist for the Oglala Sioux Tribe

Michelle Archuleta

Program Director

Michelle Archuleta, MS, MA, is an enrolled member of the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe with ancestry to the Ohkay Owingeh. She is currently the Indian Health Service National Community Health Representative (CHR) Consultant and Community Health Team Lead. Michelle has an extensive background in health promotion, and community-based programming at the local, state, regional and national levels. Her professional interests include health coaching, Indigenous storywork, and advocacy for the advancement of the field of community health and CHRs critical to the front-line of health and healthcare.

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Past Presentation

CHWs and CHRs in South Dakota – Accessing Medicaid Reimbursement to Sustain the Workforce | June 17, 2024

Recording:

Presented by:

Ben Tiensvold

Executive Director | Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota

Vicki Palmreuter

Program Manager and Tribal Liaison | Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota

Elana Montgomery

CHR/CHW Specialist | Oglala Sioux Tribe

Michelle Archuleta

Program Director

Resources Provided:

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Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center

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Good Medicine Tribal Public Health Consulting
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Crow Nation
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Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council
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Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
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