HCCI Blog

Date: 2|28|2022 The recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Independence at Home (IAH) Demonstration results showed that the project has consistently saved CMS millions of dollars since launching in 2012. IAH was designed to test the effectiveness of employing comprehensive home-based primary care services and sought...

Logan Andrews Date: 1|26|2023 Since starting his house call practice in October 2021, Logan Andrews, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, has grown his Trenton, Florida-based Andrews Healthcare Consulting to nearly 1,700 patients — adding nearly 600 new patients in the last three months alone. In a recent interview with HCCInsights,...

  Amie Peterson and Greg Tisdale Date: 12|8|2022 Mother Nature isn’t always a benevolent parent, delivering devastating earthquakes, killer storms, raging wildfires, and dangerous floods. Many brave souls respond to these natural crises—police, emergency workers, firefighters, and more. But we also need to add another role to this...

Date: 12|5|2022 Julie Sacks A message from Julie Sacks, President and Chief Operating Officer, Home Centered Care Institute: Imagine a future where your home-bound neighbor, who is losing their vision and mobility, can receive routine medical care in the comfort of their living room. Imagine a future where...

Date: 11|30|2022 Paul Wallace, MD Medical Director and Primary Care Physician, Insight Home Physicians About Dr. Wallace After 16 years as a hospitalist in San Francisco, Dr. Wallace joined the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, where he became a member of the emergency ultrasound division. In 2020,...

Date: 11|30|2022 Michael Kingan, DNP, APRN-BC, CWOCN Michael Kingan About Kingan Kingan is a nurse practitioner with Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore providing home-based primary medical care to homebound and home-limited adults and seniors. With more than 20 years of nursing experience, he has served in a...

Dr. Christopher Paredes Date: 11|17|2022 At the 2022 American Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHCM) Annual Meeting last month, James Warda, HCCI’s Vice President of External Affairs and Business Development, presented Driving Practice Growth through Marketing, Media Relations, and Your Community. The course taught participants how to promote...

Date: 11|17|2022 Compared to the general population, homebound patients are more vulnerable to mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairment. In fact, one study found 40.5% of homebound elderly patients had a psychiatric disorder1. Another study of homebound adults receiving delivered meals said 12.2% reported clinically...

Date: 11|17|2022 Michael Helle, NRP/CCP/FP-C, MHA, MBA Director, Clinical Programs – Office of Population Health University of California, San Francisco About Helle Helle serves as Director, Clinical Programs for the Office of Population Health at UCSF. UCSF Health Accountable Care Organization is comprised of multiple commercial payers,...

Date: 11|17|2022 James Ellison, MD, MPH Director, Swank Center for Memory Care and Geriatric Consultation, ChristianaCare About Dr. Ellison A recognized clinician, researcher, and educator in geriatric and adult psychiatry, Dr. Ellison offers special expertise in geriatric mood and anxiety disorders and neurocognitive disorders. Dr. Ellison graduated...