Taxonomy Code 172V00000X(172v00000x)
Community Health Worker. Providers: 1

Copy url

Community Health Worker Providers

NPI Name Type Address

1972808004

Cynthia Lynnette Gonzales

Individual

1919 S Kent Des Moines Rd

Sound Mental Health, #303

Des Moines, WA

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

Other Specialist/Technologist

246Z00000X • providers: 1,539

Molecular Genetic Pathology (Pathology) Physician

207ZP0007X • providers: 149

Anesthesiology Physician

207L00000X • providers: 64,517

Water Ambulance

3416S0300X • providers: 6

Military Outpatient Operational (Transportable) Component Clinic/Center

261QM1102X • providers: 25

Legal Medicine (M.D./D.O.) Physician

209800000X • providers: 71

Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist

364SA2100X • providers: 408

Biochemist

246ZB0500X • providers: 11

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Physician

2080P0207X • providers: 3,335

Histology Specialist/Technologist

246QH0600X • providers: 60

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician

2083P0901X • providers: 2,043

Pulmonary Function Technologist

225B00000X • providers: 78

Gynecologic Oncology Physician

207VX0201X • providers: 1,978

Health Information Specialist/Technologist

246Y00000X • providers: 241

Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Physician

2080P0008X • providers: 336

Prosthetics Case Management

1744P3200X • providers: 1,709

Brain Injury Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician

2084P0301X • providers: 20

Oral Medicinist

125Q00000X • providers: 29

Student Health Clinic/Center

261QS1000X • providers: 1,206

Gerontology Nurse Practitioner

363LG0600X • providers: 7,447