Community Health Worker Expansion

The CHW expansion program will expand the use of CHWs in rural communities to further demonstrate effectiveness and expand coverage of CHWs across payer types.

Funding Administrator:

Oklahoma Hospital Association 

Funded through subrecipient agreement.

Sites Selected for a Community Health Worker:

Funded 25 CHWs in 18 FQHCs:  
Arkansas Verdigris Valley Health Centers, Caring Hands Healthcare Centers, Central Oklahoma Family Medical Center, Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Community Clinic NWA, East Central Oklahoma Family Health Center, Fairfax Medical Facilities, Inc., Family Health Center of Southern Oklahoma, Great Salt Plains Health Center, Kiamichi Family Medical Center, Lawton Community Health Center, Morton Comprehensive Health Services, NeoHealth, Pushmataha Family Medical Center, Shortgrass Community Health Center, South Central Medical and Resource Center, Stigler Health and Wellness Center, Variety Care

 

Hospitals receiving CHWs:

  • Beaver County Memorial Hospital/Harper County Community Hospital

  • Great Plains Regional Medical Center

  • Okeene Municipal Hospital

  • AVEM Health Partners

  • Mercy Healdton

  • Northeastern Health System – Tahlequah

  • Cimarron Memorial Hospital 

  • Saint Francis – Vinita 

  • Weatherford Regional Hospital

  • Harmon Memorial Hospital

  • Jackson County Memorial Hospital

  • Mercy Tishomingo

  • Stillwater Medical Center - Blackwell/Perry

  • Mercy Kingfisher/Watonga 

  • Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center 

  • Mercy Logan County 

  • Mercy Ardmore

  • Fairview Regional Medical Center

  • Purcell Municipal Hospital

  • Arbuckle Memorial Hospital

  • Saint Francis – Muskogee

  • Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta

  • Hillcrest Hospital Cushing 

  • Stillwater Medical Center – Stillwater

  • McAlester Regional Health Center

  • Northeastern Health System – Sequoyah 

  • Memorial Hospital of Texas County Authority

  • Ascension St. John - Jane Phillips

  • Cordell Memorial Hospital

  • Share Medical Center