Healthcare Innovation October 5, 2025
National Association of Community Health Workers board member discusses reimbursement, certification, and data interoperability issues
Key Highlights
- Pear Suite assists CHWs in understanding and navigating complex reimbursement pathways, including state-specific credentialing and policy requirements.
- Partnerships with health plans and HIEs enable seamless data flow, improving care coordination and tracking social needs like food insecurity and social determinants.
- The collaboration with Instacart allows CHWs to incorporate food security solutions into their outreach, increasing engagement and addressing social needs directly.
Pear Suite, a tech company focused on empowering community health workers (CHWs), recently announced a partnership with Instacart to bring food-as-medicine solutions to Medicaid members across the country. Not long before that announcement, Pear Suite co-founder and CEO Colby Takeda...







