Latest News
03/09/2010
CHW President & CEO, Greg Dent, gives a live interview for the Fox 24 WGXA evening news. More information to follow.
03/09/2010
CHW announces the first quarterly Health Summit Meetings for Jones, Monroe, and Twiggs Counties. Click links above for press releases.
02/26/2010
The Sun News covered CHW's recent meeting in Fort Valley to investigate the need for a Federally Qualified Health Center in their community. (News Article)
02/24/2010
The Fort Valley Leader Tribune covered CHW's Health Summit activities in Fort Valley. (PDF Article)
02/05/2010
Community Health Works announces the Crawford County community meeting of the CGRHS to be held on February 22, 2010 at 6pm at the CGTC Crawford County Center Conference Room #107. (Press Release)
02/02/2010
The Sun News (Macon Telegraph) featured an article covering Community Health Works' Peach County community health center planning meeting held January 28, 2010 in Fort Valley. (Web site Link)
01/22/2010
The Macon Telegraph covered the Houston County meeting of the Central Georgia Regional Health Summit and the working being done by Community Health Works to tackle the problem of obesity in Central Georgia. (Web site Link)
01/21/2010
41 WMGT highlights Community Health Works' work to open a Community Health Center in Peach County. (Video Link)
CHW announces the Peach County Health Center Planning meeting to be held on January 28, 2010 at 6pm at the Pettigrew Center at FVSU. (Invitation)
01/19/2010
Community leaders attended the January 18, 2010 Bibb County Community Meeting of the CGRHS. The event was covered by 41 WMGT television. (Website Link)
01/14/2010
CHW announces upcoming community meeting concerning the need for a health center in Peach County. (Press Release)
01/12/2010
CHW released press releases concerning the upcoming community meetings in Bibb and Houston counties for the Central Georgia Regional Health Summit. Please click the links above for more details.
12/10/2009
Community Health Works was the cover story in the recent edition of M.D. News magazine. M.D. News highlighted the diverse work CHW is performing. An online edition of the magazine is available here.
12/10/2009
The Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University issued a report concerning the Central Georgia Regional Health Summit. This comprehensive report can be found here.
12/09/2009
The Central Georgia Cancer Coalition and Georgia College and State University are proud to announce the 2010 Oncology Nurse Navigator certification program at GCSU. Click here for details.
11/25/2009
NBC 41 WMGT television featured a story on how Monroe Primary Care, a joint project between CHW and the Monroe County Hospital, is providing Monroe county residents more healthcare options. (Video Link)
11/18/2009
Macon city council member Nancy White submitted a column entitled "Obesity is Killing Middle Georgia," to the 11th Hour magazine. Her column speaks to work done by CHW and the Central Georgia Regional Health Summit. (Link to Column)
11/11/2009
Community Health Works announces that teachers in Houston and Bibb County will be the first of seven central Georgia school districts to have access to Health Teacher’s comprehensive K through 12 online health education curriculum with the goal of improving the health literacy of children and teens in Central Georgia. (Press Release)
11/08/2009
Monroe Primary Care, a joint project between Community Health Works and the Monroe County Hospital was featured in today's Macon Telegraph. Click here to read the article.
11/04/2009
Community Health Works has moved into our new office in the Gateway Plaza located at 300 Mulberry Street - Suite 603 in Macon, GA. Click here for a our "Join Us" page containing our updated contact information and a Google Map.
10/22/2009
Community Health Works brought together community leaders to plan meaningful ways to substantially improve health in central Georgia. Click here to read the Macon Telegraph’s coverage of the event.| Click here to link to the story on the Fox 24 web site.
10/05/2009
The Macon Telegraph recently published an opinion editorial concerning a local approach to healthcare reform by CHW CEO Greg Dent. Click here for the text of Greg's editorial.
08/27/2009
Community Health Works is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an $80,000 Health Center Planning Grant for Peach County Georgia. (Press Release)
08/13/2009
Community Health Works announces that it has been awarded a $150,000 Rural Health Network grant to implement a Cardiac Care Initiative. (Press Release)
Healthcare Information Technology
Community Health Works has begun a Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) specific initiative, CHW-HIT. 
For several years CHW has assisted our partners in proper implementation of HIT. Seeing the lack of creditable, nonbiased, vendor neutral HIT consultants in the area, CHW is leveraging its resources to provider HIT consulting to our community as a whole. We are focused on being the “go to” resource for nonbiased HIT information in our region.
Community Health Works currently offers a range of services for healthcare providers and associated entities.
Systems Analysis
CHW CAN REVIEW AND MAKE OBJECTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
ABOUT YOUR SYSTEMS
Community Health Works is ready to assist you in reviewing your current systems. CHW can determine what is and is not working for your organization and what could work better. CHW can provide honest, unbiased advice on the systems your organization needs to have in place to meet regulatory guidelines as well as qualify for government incentives.
EHR Selection
WORKING WITH YOU TO SELECT THE RIGHT OPTION
If you choose to take advantage of government incentives to implement a certified EHR, or if we find that your current EHR deployment will not meet the incentive guidelines, CHW can steer you through the EHR selection process. After reviewing your systems and processes, CHW can cut through the spin from the EHR sales reps to help you make the best decision for your organization. We can help you objectively compare the features of each EHR and determine which feature-set best meets your requirements. There will be no guess work with CHW in your corner.
EHR Deployment
DEALING WITH THE HICCUPSMany EHR salespeople will have you believe that EHR deployment is like a day at the spa. In the real world, EHR deployment requires changes in work flow and operational down time. There will be hiccups. CHW can de-ploy your EHR and work with your or-ganization on the process level to en-sure that deployment goes as smoothly as possible. We can work with you to develop the best processes to deploy your EHR and get your operations back up to 100% as quickly as possible.
Government Incentives
WE CAN HELP TO ENSURE THAT YOU RECEIVE
ALL AVAILABLE GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES
The American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act (ARRA) also known as the stimulus as well as other legislation provided over $20 billion dollars for healthcare incentives. It is predicted that up to 65% of doctors will be able to qualify for up to $44,000 in govern-ment incentives for deployment and obtaining “meaningful use” of certified EHRs. Some providers may be eligible for even more government incentives.
You may also be eligible for a 2% enhanced reimbursement rate on Medicare claims for utilizing e-prescribing. CHW can maximize your chances of being able to take ad-vantage of these incentives. We can ensure that, if eligible, you have the systems in place to meet the govern-ment requirements.
About Us
NONPROFIT | NONBIASED | CERTIFIED | RELIABLECommunity Health Works is an IRS 501(c)3 not for profit company that was founded in 2001. Our mission is regional integration of whole person healthcare. For years, CHW has focused on improving access to care for the under insured and uninsured. We have strategically focused on assisting the medical community of Central Georgia in the proper implementation of Health Information Technology to improve efficiency and patient care.
As a nonprofit company, CHW can provide your organization with objective in-formation and recommendations. With a staff lead by one of Central Georgia’s two Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS), CHW has the resources and experience to assist your organization with its migration to electronic health records.