HCCI in the News

Home Health Care News (5/16/23) — The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a microcosm of the larger trend that is home-based primary care. This type of care is proliferating across the U.S., as is HCCI. The organization’s Illinois House Call Project launched in the spring of 2022 with...

The Next Big Thing in Health (4/24/23) — On The Next Big Thing in Health podcast, AHIP President and CEO Matt Eyles and co-host Laura Evans were joined by Dr. Paul Chiang and Julie Sacks from the Home Centered Care Institute for a discussion covering everything from the variety of services...

Tradeoffs (3/24/23) — For the first time ever, Medicare started reimbursing for “hospital-at-home” in late 2020, leading hundreds of hospitals to sign up to deliver care in their patients’ homes. It’s part of a pandemic-fueled movement to push more care beyond the four walls of the hospital or clinic.

Chicago Health (3/15/23) — Advances in portable medical technology, care reimbursement models, and changing consumer preferences are bringing more healthcare into the home. Modern house calls provide care to medically complex people or those who have trouble getting to a doctor’s office. And...

Chicago Sun-Times (10/7/22) — On the West Side, 93-year-old Mattie Baylis gets regular house calls from a nurse, a home health aide and a family nurse practitioner. The in-home visits and her pharmacy home deliveries allow Baylis — who had a stroke two years ago that left her bedridden...

Lawndale News (7/14/22) — In Illinois, nearly 200,000 residents who require home-based primary care (HBPC) are not receiving this critical medical service. 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...

Hospice News (7/11/22) — A group of 17 Illinois health care organizations is collaborating to expand access to home-based primary care, including a number of hospice and palliative care providers. Read more.

Schaumburg, IL (November 22, 2021) — The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI), a national nonprofit, has appointed four new members to its Board of Directors from diverse sectors of healthcare, including retail pharmacy, finance, quality improvement, and private practice. The new board members are: Kermit R. Crawford,...

Excerpt from North Fort Myers Neighbor Living special feature By Chuck Ballaro  |  Aug 18, 2021 Many years ago, doctors all over the country made house calls to their patients regardless of their age and condition. It was part of their job. And just when you thought...

Excerpt from a blog  |  Larry Beresford  | 08-16-2021 Growing interest in the hospital at home concept and other approaches to delivering medical care in seriously ill patients’ homes has raised some important questions for the palliative care field. Starting with: how does palliative care interface or overlap or collaborate with the new home-based medical models? Hospital at home is now being tested by...