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Community Health Synergy, San Francisco, CA (2026)

08/29/2025

🚨 Learn About California’s Statewide Standing Recommendation for CHW Services! 🚨

Community Health Synergy, supported by the California Department of Health Care Services and the California Health Care Foundation, is hosting an informational webinar about the CHW Benefit standing recommendation:

🗓️ Date: Wednesday, September 3
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST
🔗 Register Here: https://lnkd.in/gwUqbhQm

What You’ll Learn:
✅ Key details about California’s new statewide standing recommendation for CHW services
✅ Eligibility criteria, authorized services, and documentation requirements
✅ Practical steps for CHW employers & Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans to operationalize the policy
✅ Benefits of implementation to improve access to CHW services

💡 Who Should Attend:
- Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans
- Supervising Providers of CHW/P/Rs (CBOs, Local Health Jurisdictions)

Engage with experts from Santa Clara Family Health Plan, Phlex65, and California Department of Health Care Services.

🔗 Register Today!
https://lnkd.in/gwUqbhQm

📢 Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen CHW service delivery and reduce barriers to care!

12/10/2024

📢 NEW WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT!
CHW Benefit & Certificate: Updates and Best Practices

The Community Health Worker, Promotora, and Community Health Representative (CHW/P/R) workforce is key to advancing .
Join us for a on Wednesday, December 11 at 12:00 PM PST focused on key updates and best practices about the Community Health Worker (CHW) Benefit and Certificate. https://bit.ly/chwbenefitwebinar3

What You’ll Learn:
💡 CHW Benefit partnership insights between CalOptima Health, a Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan (MCP), and MOMS Orange County, a Community-Based Organization (CBO) that employs CHWs.
💡 Tips for success on the Provider Application and Validation for Enrollment (PAVE) enrollment process and CHW Benefit billing.
💡 Key findings from a statewide CHW Benefit and Certificate survey.
💡 Updates by DHCS on the CHW Certificate.
💡 A preview of Visión y Compromiso’s Promotora Hub model.

With support by the California Health Care Foundation and California Department of Health Care Services, Community Health Synergy is excited to host the following speakers:

➡️ Sarah O’Rourke, MSW, MSPH, Chief Program Officer of MOMS Orange County
➡️ Maricela Lazaro Chavez, Community Health Worker of MOMS Orange County
➡️ Kelly Bruno-Nelson, Executive Director, Medi-Cal/CalAIM of CalOptima Health
➡️ Mia Arias, Director of CalAIM Operations of CalOptima Health
➡️ Yali Ruiz, PhD, Strategist Consultant of Visión y Compromiso
➡️ Michael Freeman, Assistant Deputy Director, Healthcare Benefits & Eligibility Division of California Department of Health Care Services
➡️ Amara Bahramiaref, Managed Care Policy of Chief of California Department of Health Care Services
➡️ Jenny Tudesko, Assistant Division Chief of California Department of Health Care Services
➡️ Carlina Hansen, Senior Program Officer of California Health Care Foundation
➡️ Joe Lee, MSHA, Founder and Principal Consultant of Community Health Synergy (Moderator)
➡️ Rhodora Ursua, MPH, Principal Consultant of Community Health Synergy (Moderator)

Register Here: https://bit.ly/chwbenefitwebinar3

Questions? Contact [email protected].

11/05/2024

🗳️Today is Election Day!

✨Voting is critical to the pursuit of health equity.

📖Read more here: https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/voting-critical-pursuit-health-equity

09/27/2024

✨ We are partnering with and Center for Health Care Strategies to support the development of a new resource center for organizations and entities who are seeking to implement Community Health Worker, Promotora, and Representative (CHW/P/R) programs in Medi-Cal.

❓ What resources do you need to advance the CHW/P/R workforce in Medi-Cal? Offer your quick take here: bit.ly/CHWPRResourceCenter

08/28/2024

📣 Community Health Synergy’s Founder, Joe Lee, and Principal Consultant, Rhodora Ursua will be speaking at the 2024 Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence National Summit: Growing from Our Roots 🗓 tomorrow.

💡 They will be sharing information about our new national collaborative and diving into preliminary findings on how Community Health Centers can strengthen their capacity and partnerships to support gender-based violence survivors.

Speakers:
➡️ Sarah Khan, Director of Programs, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence
➡️ John Nguyen-Yap, MSW, Director of Programs, Community Initiatives, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
➡️ Mukta Deia, Program Manager, Health Partnerships, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
➡️ Joe Lee, Founder and Principal Consultant, Community Health Synergy
➡️ Rhodora Ursua, MPH, Principal Consultant, Community Health Synergy

💫 Learn more about API-GBV’s summit at at https://www.api-gbv.org/resources/2024summit/.

08/28/2024

✨ WEBINAR RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE! Innovative Partnerships: Sowing Seeds Health and Anthem’s CHW Benefit Journey ✨

https://bit.ly/chwbenefitwebinar2

The Community Health Worker, Promotora, and Representative (CHW/P/R) workforce is key to advancing .

Watch this recording highlighting Sowing Seeds Health and Anthem’s successful partnership in implementing the Medi-Cal CHW Benefit.

With support by the California Health Care Foundation and California Department of Health Care Services, Community Health Synergy hosted the following speakers earlier today:

Guest Speakers and Moderators:

➡️ Dr. Shawn Hamilton, Founder and Supervising Physician of Sowing Seeds Health
➡️ Shakira Florence Fangonilo, Lead Care Manager and Community Health Worker of Sowing Seeds Health
➡️ Lucida Vang, Manager II, Health Services Program of Anthem
➡️ Selina Y Ortega, Director, Government Business Division Special Programs of Anthem
➡️ Amara Bahramiaref, Managed Care Policy Chief of Department of Health Care Services
➡️ Erica Holmes, Division Chief, Benefits Division of Department of Health Care Services
➡️ Carlina Hansen, Senior Program Officer of California Health Care Foundation
➡️ Joe Lee, Founder and Principal Consultant of Community Health Synergy (Moderator)
➡️ Rhodora Ursua, Principal Consultant of Community Health Synergy (Moderator)

✨ Register here and watch the recording today: https://bit.ly/chwbenefitwebinar2 ✨

Questions? Contact [email protected].

07/05/2024

✨ NEW WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT! Innovative Partnerships: El Sol and Health Net’s CHW Benefit Journey ✨

The Community Health Worker, Promotora, and Representative (CHW/P/R) workforce is key to advancing . Join us for a highlighting El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center and Health Net’s successful partnership in implementing the CHW Medi-Cal Services Benefit.

With support by the California Health Care Foundation and California Department of Health Care Services, Community Health Synergy is excited to host the following speakers:

➡️ Alex Fajardo, Executive Director of El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center
➡️ Rosaicela Estrada, Community Health Worker of El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center
➡️ Dorothy Seleski, Senior Vice President, Medi-Cal Product of Health Net
➡️ Amara Bahramiaref, Managed Care Policy Chief of Department of Health Care Services
➡️ Erica Holmes, Division Chief, Benefits Division of Department of Health Care Services
➡️ Carlina Hansen, Senior Program Officer of California Health Care Foundation
➡️ Joe Lee, Founder and Principal Consultant of Community Health Synergy (Moderator)
➡️ Rhodora Ursua, Principal Consultant of Community Health Synergy (Moderator)

✨ Register Here: https://bit.ly/chwbenefitwebinar1 ✨

Questions? Contact [email protected].

06/24/2024

💕 We are proud to have supported the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department and AACI (Asian Americans for Community Involvement) in the recent Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (A/AA and NH/PI) Community Health Worker convening — “Our Experiences, Our Voices: A celebration of Santa Clara County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Health Workers”.

🙏 Richard Calvin Chang, JD, director and a co-founding member of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, provided an inspiring talk about cultivating a common vision for A/AA and NH/PI Community Health Workers and the importance of racial and ethnic data disaggregation.

🙏 Joe Lee, MSHA, founder and principal consultant of Community Health Synergy, shared critical insights about the future of the A/AA and NH/PI Community Health Worker workforce, including key health and social care priorities based on history as the ultimate social determinant of health:
➡ Addressing gender-based violence
➡ Promoting mental health
➡ Promoting the well-being of older adults

🌺 Thank you to all of the Community Health Workers of AACI, LEAD Filipino, SEWA International USA, Vietnamese Voluntary Foundation - VIVO, Vietnamese American Roundtable, Regional Pacific Islander Task Force, Yu-Ai Kai Japanese American Community Senior Service of San Jose, and Korean American Community Services - Silicon Valley for your commitment to advancing health equity for Santa Clara County and beyond!

05/10/2024

🎉 We are thrilled to announce a new leader at Community Health Synergy. Please join us in welcoming Rhodora Ursua, MPH as our Principal Consultant!

✨ Rhodora brings a wealth of expertise and background in capacity building for community health and academic organizations. For over 20 years, Rhodora served in leadership positions at the Alameda Health Consortium, APPEAL — Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership, New York University Center for the Study of Asian American Health, and Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. focused on fundraising and resource development, community-based participatory research, and workforce equity.

☀ We’re excited for Rhodora’s leadership to grow Community Health Synergy’s impact for our clients and partners. Please join us in congratulating Rhodora on her new role, and let’s continue working together to advance health equity for communities we care for.

05/10/2024

🌺 In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Community Health Synergy would like to recognize Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa, Executive Director of Pacific Community of Alaska, for her leadership in advancing health equity for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities across Alaska.

📣 Recently, Tafilisaunoa was recognized among a group of outstanding young professionals as the Class of 2024 Top Forty Under 40 by the Alaska Journal of Commerce: https://www.adn.com/alaska-journal/2024/03/15/2024-top-forty-under-40-announced/. Congratulations, Tafilisaunoa!

🌟 In addition to her capacity as Executive Director, Tafilisaunoa is a founding board member and Treasurer of the United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance Alaska, co-chair of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Pasifika Organizations, board member of the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center, member of the Multicultural Education Concerns Advisory Committee of the Anchorage School District, member of the Equity Committee of the Anchorage Assembly, and co-assistant leader for the Youth, Pathfinder, Adventurer, and Children Ministry of Alaska Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church.

✨ Community Health Synergy is proud to be supporting Tafilisaunoa and her mission-driven team at Pacific Community of Alaska with federal grant writing, program evaluation and monitoring, Social Determinants of Health data strategy, and social care navigation technology implementation. We are proud to be active partners in their new Alaska Pasifika Safe Homes Program funded by the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF).

➡ About Pacific Community of Alaska ⬅
Pacific Community of Alaska’s mission is to develop and strengthen Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities throughout Alaska by building capacity through health and wellness practices, civic engagement, economic empowerment, bridging generational gaps, and balancing traditional values. Their vision is a unified Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community founded on cultural values that promote social, economic, physical, and mental health and well-being.

To support Pacific Community Alaska’s mission, visit https://www.pcalaska.org/.

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