(Effective July 1, 2025)
PDFWAC 182-562-0500
Community health workers—Documentation requirements.
Community health workers must fulfill the documentation requirements in the medicaid agency's community health worker (CHW) services billing guide including, but not limited to, documenting in the client's health record:
(1) Advance client consent. Consent must be obtained by the licensed, qualified health care professional or CHW before rendering services and billing for CHW/CHR services. Consent may be verbal or in writing;
(2) The date and time/duration spent with the client and the nature of the activities;
(3) The location of services;
(4) The services performed, specifying the following:
(a) Whether they were provided to an individual or a group; and
(b) If they were provided to a group, the number of clients in the group;
(5) All identified needs of the client served including, but not limited to, health-related social needs that services are addressing (e.g., the client's diagnosis as defined by the current revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems); and
(6) The name of the CHW or CHR rendering the services.