Build a loyal workforce. Protect your people. Improve outcomes – and your bottom line.
As health systems face increased pressure, workforce shortages, higher costs, and more write-offs, the urgency to address these challenges has never been greater. Fortunately, the solution has never been easier. MHP Salud’s CHW Apprenticeship Program helps build the foundation your health system needs to get in front of pressing problems and deliver outcomes that benefit community health and the bottom line.
Check out our Apprenticeship Program FAQs for more info.
Current Challenges:
Shrinking Healthcare Workforce
❗Growing workforce shortages throughout hospital systems
❗High levels of burnout and turnover
❗Lack of loyalty
Insurance Changes: Expected Impact
⬆ Increases in the number of uninsured patients
⬆ Increases in preventable non-emergency visits in the ER
⬆ Increases in “frequent flyers”
⬆ Increases in unmanaged chronic conditions
⬆ Increases in write-offs
Outcomes: Potential Impact
⬆ Higher workloads
⬆ Longer waits for patients
⬆ Increased likelihood of clinical and non-clinical errors
⬆ Increased recidivism
⬇ Smaller impact
⬇ Smaller profit margins
✔ The Solution:
MHP Salud’s Apprenticeship Program
Place a Community Health Worker in your ER (or wherever you need one most) to reduce unnecessary ER visits and recidivism through:
✔ Critical connections
✔ Resource linkages
✔ Follow-up care
✔ Provider navigation
✔ Insurance navigation
✔ Health education and more
✔ Build a pipeline of highly trained, loyal employees
✔ Receive 144 hours of CHW training (a $4K value) for every apprentice
✔ Receive group and 1-1 peer mentoring from a Certified CHW for every apprentice
Reap the benefits of an apprentice without the paperwork –
MHP Salud will:
✔ Screen candidates
✔ Work with each candidate to determine eligibility for workforce stipends (saving you months of salary expense)
✔ Handle all registration, documentation and administrative requirements with the Department of Labor
✔ Mentor and support the apprentice for 12 months through apprentice certification
✔ Mentor and support the apprentice through CHW certification, if desired
⭐ The Result
A stronger workforce
A more cohesive care unit
Better patient outcomes
Better health system outcomes
Alignment with value-based care
Better financial outcomes
As the only CHW Apprentice Sponsor in Florida, MHP Salud has decades of experience training, supporting and growing the CHW workforce.
Contact us today to learn how the Apprenticeship Program can benefit your health system.
Prefer to reach out directly? Email: Training@mhpsalud.org or call 956-904-5428.
Don’t wait until it’s too late.
Florida’s healthcare workforce is approaching crisis levels. Without immediate intervention, projections indicate startling shortages over the next decade, including nearly 60,000 nurses and 18,000 physicians.
Coupled with significant changes in insurance eligibility and expected increases in uninsured patients, your health system can’t afford to wait. A small investment now will reap a maximum return – in workforce, outcomes and finances