Taxonomy Code 172V00000X(172v00000x)
Community Health Worker. Providers: 4

Copy url

Community Health Worker Providers

NPI Name Type Address

1639498041

Healthlinc, Inc

Organization

454 S College Ave

Valparaiso, IN

1902127939

MS. PTA Sarah Adair Mahns

Individual

811 Beech St

Valparaiso, IN

1073854618

PTA Tammy L Owen

Individual

318 Timi Dr

Valparaiso, IN

1144995838

MRS. CHW Tayell Leftridge

Individual

2600 Roosevelt Rd Ste 200-6

Valparaiso, IN

How to obtain, renew, or terminate an NPI

Every health care provider, whether it’s a hospital, pharmacy, or individual specialist, must obtain their own NPI number. This identification number is unique and is assigned upon application. In tod...

Copy url
Taxonomy Code 172V00000X
Display Name Community Health Worker
Taxonomy Group Other Service Providers
Taxonomy Classification Community Health Worker
Definition Community health workers (CHW) are lay members of communities who work either for pay or as volunteers in association with the local health care system in both urban and rural environments and usually share ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status and life experiences with the community members they serve. They have been identified by many titles such as community health advisors, lay health advocates, "promotores(as), outreach educators, community health representatives, peer health promoters, and peer health educators. CHWs offer interpretation and translation services, provide culturally appropriate health education and information, assist people in receiving the care they need, give informal counseling and guidance on health behaviors, advocate for individual and community health needs, and provide some direct services such as first aid and blood pressure screening. Some examples of these practitioners are Community Health Aides or Practitioners established under 25 USC 1616 (l) under HHS, Indian Health Service, Public Health Service.
Effective Date September 30, 2009
Copy url

Other Taxonomy Codes

Hypertension Specialist Physician

207RH0005X • providers: 32

School Counselor

101YS0200X • providers: 2,346

Integrative Medicine Physician

202D00000X • providers: 45

Nursing Facility/Intermediate Care Facility

313M00000X • providers: 2,656

Physical Disabilities Residential Treatment Facility

320700000X • providers: 833

Children's Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Facility

3245S0500X • providers: 581

Medically Fragile Infants and Children Day Care

261QM3000X • providers: 228

Independent Duty Medical Technicians

1710I1003X • providers: 1,299

Neurocritical Care Physician

2084A2900X • providers: 371

Neurology Chiropractor

111NN0400X • providers: 1,127

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Physician

207RA0002X • providers: 102

Ophthalmology Physician

207W00000X • providers: 31,567

Adult Care Home Facility

311ZA0620X • providers: 4,629

Diagnostic Neuroimaging (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician

2084D0003X • providers: 55

Informatics Clinical Nurse Specialist

364SI0800X • providers: 9

Quality Management Radiologic Technologist

2471Q0001X • providers: 2

State or Local Public Health Clinic/Center

261QP0905X • providers: 879

School Social Worker

1041S0200X • providers: 4,492

Forensic Psychiatry Physician

2084F0202X • providers: 479

Brain Injury Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician

2084P0301X • providers: 20