The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) will hold the Advanced Applications of HBPC™ Workshop this Thursday and Friday, July 21-22. Led by our expert faculty, this newly redesigned live virtual workshop will tackle all the key topics providers and practice staff need to know to be successful in providing home-based primary care (HBPC) in a value-based payment model. 

But enroll today because the class is almost full.

Critical topics covered in the workshop will include:

• Required staffing, infrastructure, and data
• Patient identification
• Risk adjustment models, including Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding
• Cost-effective management of medications used, and conditions commonly found in HBPC
• Training in HBPC procedures, including wound care, gastrostomy and tracheostomy tube changes, and joint injections

What others who have taken the course have said: 

"The program was so inspiring… these two days went fast. Not only did the program provide me with great information but hearing from the presenters and attendees recharged me." – Veronica Tarala, APRN, Palos Northwestern Medicine

"It was refreshing and invigorating to gather with other colleagues in the home-based care arena. The faculty were open, eager to share their experiences, and vulnerable. HCCI has created a rich workshop that is incredibly relevant and helpful." – Ami Goodnough, DNP, CRNP, ACHPN, Aliegis Care

Workshops are taught through real-world experience sharing, presentations, discussions, and more. 

Seventeen Medical Practices Selected for HCCI’s Illinois House Call Project

In Illinois, nearly 200,000 residents who require home-based primary care (HBPC) are not receiving this critical model of care. To address this urgent need, 17 Illinois medical practices, some independent, others representing hospital systems, and three supporting subspecialty groups including dentistry, dermatology, and wound care, will participate in a new three-year project, the Illinois House Call Project, building on their track record of caring for the state’s most vulnerable residents—homebound adults with chronic conditions.

The Illinois House Call Project is the organization’s second statewide initiative to promote HBPC among providers and elevate awareness among patients and caregivers. The Florida House Call Project was successfully launched in 2020. As background, a majority of providers in the Florida House Call Project collectively increased their volume of home-based primary care patients served by 25% and also noted decreases in hospital stays and days, skilled nursing facility stays and days, emergency room visits, and hospital readmissions.

Education Update

HCCI’s new on-demand course Care Management for Homebound Patients applies to all HBPC professionals, but was specifically designed for nurses and social workers.

A frequently requested topic among HCCI audiences, care management takes an interdisciplinary approach in caring for high-risk or chronically ill homebound patients. Care management and coordination among HBPC team members must be thoughtful and strategic to ensure patients receive safe, quality care.

Take this course to earn 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and learn how to do the following:

• Define care management and coordination in home-based medicine
• Identify gaps in care, and target care management strategies to proactively manage complex populations
• Describe interdisciplinary team member roles in home-based medicine and strategies to engage in top-of-licensure work
• Utilize care management tools and interventions to support proactive care

Lawndale News (7/14/22) – Illinois Medical Practices Selected for Statewide ‘House Call’ Project

Crain’s Chicago Business – Health Plus (7/13/22) – Three-Year House Call Project Seeks to Expand Home Care [Editor’s Note: Subscription required for viewing.]

Hospice News (7/11/22) – Hospices Pursue Home-Base Primary Care Via HCCI Project

The Better Care Playbook, coordinated by the Center for Health Care Strategies, can help healthcare stakeholders “move evidence to action in complex care programs.” The Playbook is made possible by seven leading healthcare foundations — Arnold Ventures, The Commonwealth Fund, The John A. Hartford Foundation, the Milbank Memorial Fund, Peterson Center on Healthcare, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and The SCAN Foundation.

The John A. Hartford Foundation recently released its 2021 Annual Report: The Careforce for An Aging America, which celebrates and showcases the organization’s transformative work with grantees and partners to support the nation’s careforce—the people and institutions providing care every day to older adults. Read the report here.

HCCI relies on the support of individuals, corporations, and foundations to sustain our programs. Would you like to join our generous partners below in helping us ensure those in need of house calls get them? If so, please click here to make an individual donation. For organization-level opportunities, please contact James Warda, Vice President of External Affairs and Business Development.