Michael has taught HCCI’s Essential Elements to Home-Based Primary Care™ since 2017. If you’re interested in expanding your knowledge and career opportunities in the growing field of home-based primary care, visit HCCI at http://hccinstitute.org
Author: Jim Nonneman
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
Loews Chicago O’Hare
Rosemont, IL
AAHCM Preconference presented by Home Centered Care Institute
“Care of the Complex Patient In The Home: Staying Ahead of the Curve”
Clinical Session
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Faculty
Elizabeth McCormick MD (Session Lead)
Julie Glendenning MS APN-BC CHPN WCC
Traci Kalpac MSW LISW-S
Linnea Nagel PA-C MPAS
Practice Management Session
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Faculty
Shawna Ramey CPC CPMA (Session Lead)
Bethany Skillen BSN BS RN
Amanda Tufano MHA CMPE CPPM
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October 26-27
Loews Chicago O’Hare
Rosemont, IL
AAHCM Annual Meeting
Driving the Change to Value-Based Care: Connecting Leadership, Quality and Ethics
The AAHCM Annual Meeting will be an independent standalone conference for the second year, building on our previous success of providing leading edge clinical and practice administration content.
Focused on the issues and challenges that face the broad spectrum of healthcare professionals providing in-home primary care, you will learn from innovators in the field about the latest advancements in delivering and managing home care medicine. Sessions will cover topics including; technology, care management, new payment models, and updates on policy.
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Friday, October 26
Keynote Speaker
Patrick Conway, M.D.
President, CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Former Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Former Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
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Saturday, October 27
Keynote Speaker
Cheryl Phillips, M.D.
President, CEO
SNP Alliance
Former Sr. Vice President for Public Policy and Health Services
LeadingAge
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Register
To learn more or to register for the AAHCM Annual Meeting and Preconference, visit https://www.aahcm.org/page/2018_Annual_Meeting
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 primary care meets healthcare’s “triple aim” – improving the quality of life for our nation’s most complex patients, delivering substantially better experiences for patients and caregivers, and dramatically reduces health care costs. Finally, he discusses the challenges related to providing house calls to the nearly 4 million chronically ill, medically complex homebound patients who would benefit from HBPC.
If your hospital or hospital system is interested in lowering readmissions and reducing readmission penalties, HCCI can help. Call us at 630-283-9210
Objectives: Upon completion of the classroom workshop, learners will be able to…
- Assess perceptions of HBPC and dispel myths about the field
- Describe the role of HBPC in various contexts, including Public Health and the developing systems of health care, and examine key considerations, e.g., program/practice configurations, structure, administration, staffing, clinical care models, patient eligibility and market demographics, and financial/value factors
- Apply the American Geriatric Society’s (AGS) Guiding Principles in the approach to the care of people with multi-morbidities in the home setting
- Review the components of an HBPC assessment and discuss approaches for developing care plans that accommodate team input/access
- Assess various options for diagnostic and operations technology to improve patient care, efficiency, and staff safety in HBPC
- Implement recommended policies and procedures aimed at ensuring the personal safety of HBPC team members
- Define and discuss culture, shared decision making, and biases, and describe their impact on HBPC
- Implement self-care practices to provide patients with high-quality, compassionate health care, while also avoiding burnout and career dissatisfaction
- Provide optimal patient care in a simulated home setting, and demonstrate appropriate coding and documentation for the visit
- Examine and discuss the business models, economic drivers, and quality indicators for HBPC and their impact on care delivery
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 (NCNP) | Exhibiting at Booth #301
https://www.ncnpconference.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=309462&
Sept 26-29 – Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Annual Conference | Exhibiting at Booth #219
https://www.gapna.org/events/annual-conference
Oct 9-11 – Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) hosts the National Summit on Advanced Illness Care | Presenter and Exhibitor
https://www.ctacsummit.org/
Oct 25-27 – American Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHCM) Annual Meeting | Presenting the Preconference on 9/25 and Exhibitor
https://www.aahcm.org/page/2018_Annual_Meeting
Hope to see and meet you out on the conference trail!
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 accessing the traditional office-based healthcare system.
Hospitals sometimes refer to these patients as frequent flyers or MVPs (multi visit patients) because of their frequent trips to the ER and disproportionately high number of hospital admissions and readmissions. Getting primary care to these patients in their home is proving to meet the triple aim of better outcomes, higher patient satisfaction, and cost savings. In this video Brent describes some the unique challenges that hospitals and physician practices face as they consider providing care to patients at home.
HCCI has convened and continues to work with industry experts from around the country to set standards, develop HBPC training and assist providers and hospitals at all levels attain greater levels of success.
If your hospital or hospital system is seeking ways to reduce readmissions and improve it’s bottom line, contact HCCI for assistance and training implementing a house call program.
The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a national non-profit organization focused on advancing home-based primary care (HBPC) to ensure that chronically ill, medically complex and homebound patients have access to high-quality care in their home. HCCI works with leading academic medical centers, health systems and industry experts to raise awareness of and advocate for expanding the HBPC model by growing the HBPC workforce through education and training and developing a research-based model for sustainable house call program implementation and growth.
In the 1930’s, it was common practice for physicians to visit patients in their homes if the patients were too sick or injured to seek care in the doctor’s office or hospital. Nearly 40% of doctor-patient visits took place in the home. These “house calls” reduced stress on the patient and caregiver and gave the added benefit of giving the physician a unique perspective of the patient’s surroundings and issues that may be contributing to his/her condition. But, by the 1950’s, house calls diminished as advances in technology equipped medical offices and hospitals to perform more diagnostic tests, as well as monitor and treat greater numbers of patients.
Today, thanks to the latest advances in modern technology, there are many pieces of medical diagnostic, treatment and monitoring equipment which have been made portable and can be brought into the patient’s home. These medical devices include; X-Ray, EKG, Ultrasound, Bladderscan, Point-of-Care Blood Analysis, Wireless data-sharing blood pressure monitoring, Glucose monitoring, and more.
Thanks in part to this new, portable technology, house call physicians and nurse practitioners can better diagnose, treat and monitor frail, chronically ill, medically complex, homebound patients in their home – reducing stress on the patient and caregiver, eliminating expensive medical transportation costs, reducing the chance of hospital-acquired infections, and often reducing the total cost to the system by reducing unnecessary ER visits and lengthy hospital stays.
In this video, you’ll see an x-ray technician demonstrate rolling a portable x-ray machine into a patient’s apartment and capture a chest and wrist x-ray.
If you’re interested in learning more about the growing field of house call medicine and home-based primary care, call or visit the Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) at 630-283-9210 or http://hccinstitute.org.
K. Eric De Jonge, MD, is the Director of Geriatrics at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Dr. De Jonge is an innovative physician leader with a vision and commitment to population-based, patient-centered health care delivery to the frail elderly patient population.
Eric sat down with HCCI to explain to explain the Independence at Home Act.
You can learn more about home-based primary care from Eric and other industry experts at the upcoming AAHCM Annual Meeting and Preconference Oct 25-27 in Rosemont, IL. To register for the meeting and the preconference presented by HCCI, visit https://aahcm.site-ym.com/page/2018_Annual_Meeting
HCCI is proud to announce that we will be a Gold Sponsor at the C-TAC National Summit on Advanced Illness Care taking place October 9-11, 2018 at the Denver Hilton City Center. HCCI will be exhibiting as well as presenting a breakout/workshop session on Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC). The Summit brings together over 400 healthcare stakeholders representing providers, health systems, health insurers, consumer groups, patient advocates, private-sector employers, and thought leaders from around the country to advance the movement towards comprehensive, value- and patient-focused care for people with advanced illness.
About the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)
Americans are leading healthier and longer lives that ever before, yet the vast majority will face advanced illness, a situation where one or more conditions progress to the point that health and functioning decline, and care becomes increasingly focused on quality of life.
The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit alliance of over 140 national healthcare stakeholders. We are dedicated to the goal that all Americans with advanced illness receive comprehensive, high-quality, person-centered care that is consistent with their goals and values, and honors their dignity.
About HCCI
The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is a national non-profit organization focused on advancing home-based primary care (HBPC) to ensure that chronically ill, medically complex and homebound patients have access to high-quality care in their home. HCCI works with leading academic medical centers, health systems and industry experts to raise awareness of and advocate for expanding the HBPC model by growing the HBPC workforce through education and training and developing a research-based model for sustainable house call program implementation and growth.
Our Mission and Vision
The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) is dedicated to creating universal access to best practice house call programs, making home-based primary care the national standard for treating medically complex patients who are better cared for in the home. We seek to ensure every patient in need has access to quality medical care in the home that results in a profound improvement in medical outcomes, patient and family experience and health care spend.
Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI)
1900 Golf Rd Suite 480
Schaumburg, IL 60173
630-283-9201