HCCI Blog
ACOs Commonly Use Home Visits for Complex Patients During Care Transitions
June 4, 2019 Authors: Taressa K. Fraze, Laura B. Beidler, Adam Briggs, and Carrie H. Colla commonwealthfund.org The Issue Years ago, it was not uncommon for physicians to make house calls. But in the past 50 years, care has largely transitioned to physicians’ offices. Office-based visits are...
June 6th, 2019
Categories: Benefits of HBPC
York Hospital Increases Services for Older Adults
Anne M. Mozingo | yorkweekly@seacoastonline.com | 06/04/2019 YORK — In order to increase services for elders in its coverage area, York Hospital has created the Center for Older Adults with geriatric specialists providing comprehensive care in its new clinic and house calls to those who cannot...
June 5th, 2019
Categories: Benefits of HBPC
Ascension’s Chief Community Impact Officer on Providing Care Outside the Hospital
Author: Samantha Liss | May 22, 2019 | HealthcareDive Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee is Ascension’s first chief community impact officer, which means she is in charge of helping guide the hospital operator’s new strategic vision to reimagine the best way to care for those in communities across...
May 28th, 2019
Categories: Benefits of HBPC
Providers Applaud CMS’ Primary Care Initiative
The Primary Cares Initiative got a warm initial reception from key providers groups, but many still have questions about the details of the proposal. By John Commins | April 23, 2019 | healthleadermedia.com Provider associations are praising the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ plans...
May 6th, 2019
Payment Reform Paves The Way For Expanding Home-Based Primary Care
May 2, 2019 | Home Centered Care Institute The field of home-based primary care (HBPC) received extraordinary news as the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI),...
May 2nd, 2019
Categories: Benefits of HBPC
CMS’ new payment models aim to ease the transition to risk
Written by Maria Castellucci | April 27, 2019 | Modern Healthcare Providers and analysts are calling new value-based physician payment models announced last week by the CMS game-changers, potentially signaling a new era in which many providers are taking on downside risk and...
May 2nd, 2019
Categories: Benefits of HBPC
House Calls Can Lead to Dramatically Better Health Outcomes Among the Elderly
Written by Alieza Durana | Pacific Standard | May 1, 2019 Research shows that house calls are an excellent way to deliver care, providing better outcomes and lowering costs. So why aren’t we funding more of them? Dr. Eric De Jonge, a geriatrician at Medstar...
May 1st, 2019
Categories: Benefits of HBPC
CMS details new primary care payment model with range of risk options
Author Shannon Muchmore | April 23, 2019 | healthcaredive.com CMS on Monday announced a new voluntary Medicare payment model for primary care providers. The two-pronged program has paths for small practices and large organizations and a range of options from partial shared risk...
April 25th, 2019
Categories: Benefits of HBPC
New CMMI Models Announced to Support Primary Care for People with Complex Chronic Illness
4/24/19 | aahcm.org The American Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHCM) is pleased to share initial details on two new Alternative Payment Models (APMs) that promote primary care of Medicare beneficiaries with complex, advanced illness. The high-level outlines of these new APMs were announced on April...
April 24th, 2019
Categories: Benefits of HBPC
HHS Secretary Azar Announces CMS Primary Cares – A Historic Turning Point In American Healthcare
April 22, 2019 | CMS.gov This is the speech (as prepared) delivered by HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar, April 22, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much for joining us. Thank you in particular to the American Medical Association for inviting us...
April 24th, 2019
Categories: Benefits of HBPC, Events