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MedCentral (3/21/24) — The changing face of primary care medicine is making some physicians re-examine their roles in the world of healthcare. One appealing option is home health care, which is increasingly popular with patients and payers ― as well as physicians looking for greater professional rewards. A...

CAPA Magazine (12/23) — Dr. Paul Chiang, the Home Centered Care Institute’s (HCCI) Senior Medical and Practice Advisor, and Medical Director of Northwestern Medicine HomeCare Physicians in suburban Chicago, finds a team mentality to be essential when it comes to house calls. “I tell my patients, ‘I am only...

Throughout the pandemic, recipients of The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) three-year grant, Moving and Scaling Home-Based Primary Care Phase II: Quality, Training and Advocacy, have continued driving home their mission to improve and expand access to high-quality home-based primary care (HBPC) for the homebound population of aging...

We here at the Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) were saddened to hear of the sudden passing on Friday, December 17, 2021, of Robert “Bob” Sowislo, who played a key role in the healthcare industry and home-based primary care (HBPC). Sowislo was a former board member of HCCI and...

National nonprofit celebrates success of the Illinois House Call Project’s 14 medical practices and their ‘Champions’ on providing home-based primary care in the state June 2023 — In Illinois, medical practice “Champions” of the Home Centered Care Institute’s (HCCI) Illinois House Call Project (ILHCP) have spent the past...

Confer Analytics™ platform is powered by the Home Centered Care Institute Schaumburg, IL (May 15, 2023) — An innovative new platform developed by the Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) merges and analyzes data to help health care organizations answer key questions about the rapidly expanding market of home-based medical...

Date: 01/06/2022   Approx. 2 min. read Author: Brianna Plencner, CPC, CPMA  Senior Consultant & Manager, Practice Development, HCCI Here we are in the new year. Many practices and providers want to know how to prepare for success as we all continue to navigate this challenging healthcare...

CY 2022 MPFS Final Rule Date: 11|04|2021   Approx. 5 min. read Author: Brianna Plencner, CPC, CPMA  Senior Consultant & Manager, Practice Development, HCCI It’s November and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the annual Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule which outlines...

As mentioned in last month’s newsletter, in December, HCCI held an Essential Elements of Home-Based Primary Care workshop in Orlando, and followed that up the next week by offering Advanced Applications of Home-Based Primary Care at HCCI’s headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois. Melissa...

The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted the important role that home-based primary care (HBPC) providers are playing in caring for homebound patients who are generally the most vulnerable to the outbreak. HBPC also helps keep these patients out of hospitals and clinics, unless necessary, which fights the spread of...