HCCI Blog

According to estimates from the Small Business Administration, approximately 50% of small businesses fail within the first five years. Only 25% make it to 15 years or more. While a house call program isn’t an IT firm or subscription-based clothing firm, the challenges facing those organizations – that often...

Hearing from industry leaders at last week’s AAHCM Annual Meeting, it’s more apparent than ever that home-based primary care will soon become the standard for treating frail, medically complex, homebound patients. HCCI is dedicated to creating universal access to best practice house call programs...

HCCI returned from the C-TAC National Summit for Advanced Illness Care last week energized and renewed after hearing so many incredible stories about advances in the field from several industry leaders.

Please join HCCI on Wednesday, October 10th at the C-TAC National Summit on Advanced Illness Care where we present a breakout session on home-based primary care titled “The Exam Table Of The Future Has Throw Pillows”. Wednesday, October 10 (1:30 – 2:30pm) Denver Hilton City Center...

Michael J. Kingan, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, CWOCN, an adult-geriatric nurse practitioner at MedStar Health and instructor with HCCI, penned an article in the current September/October issue of Today’s Geriatric Medicine titled “Nurse Practitioners Bring Back the House Call”.  You can read the article here: http://bit.ly/todays_geriatric_medicine_article...

AAHCM Annual Meeting and Preconference Brent Feorene, Executive Director of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine stopped by the HCCI offices this week and shared what attendees could expect at the upcoming AAHCM Annual Meeting and Preconference taking place on October 25-26-27 in Rosemont, IL. Thursday, October 25...

Tom Cornwell, MD, CEO of the Home Centered Care Institute, was recently interviewed by Readmissions News, a publication for hospital and health system executives.  In the Q&A, Dr. Cornwell shares why house calls are important to the healthcare industry today.  He goes on to explain how and why home-based...

The new HCCI “Fast Track” Essential Elements of Home-Based Primary Care training is designed for physicians, APPs, and practice managers interested in the field of HBPC. “Fast Track” takes the content of HCCI’s Essential Elements 2-day workshop and presents it at a quicker pace, condensing the...

HCCI is preparing to hit the road for fall conference season. Plan to attend and learn more about the Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) and home-based primary care (HBPC) at these upcoming conferences. Sept 19-22 – National Conference for Nurse Practitioners (...

Brent Feorene is a practice management expert and consultant in the field of home-based primary care medicine. Home-based primary care (HBPC) or “house calls” are making a resurgence because they better serve the needs of the four million frail, chronically ill, medically-complex, homebound patients in the US who have trouble...