An article by HCCI CEO Tom Cornwell, MD was recently featured on the cover of the November/December 2017 issue of Today’s Geriatric Medicine. The article, “Home-Based Primary Care Transforms Health Care for Medically Complex Patients” discusses the need for increasing the availability of home-based primary care and its impact on increasing quality of care and reducing costs among the nation’s costliest patients. The article goes on to discuss the unique needs of this population, as well as how HBPC differs from home care services.
Author: Bob Braschel
The Baltimore Sun
August 6, 2017
MedStar Health, other groups work to boost doctors’ home visits
MedStar Health is joining seven medical institutions in a nationwide effort to bolster the number of doctors trained to make house calls — an outdated practice now making a comeback because it has been shown to reduce health care costs and provide better outcomes for patients.
The new training program is spearheaded by the nonprofit Home Centered Care Institute, whose mission is to increase high-quality primary care for patients too sick to leave their homes. MedStar Total Elder Care’s Medical House Call Program is being accredited as one of eight “Centers of Excellence” in major cities across the United States that will offer comprehensive training for new doctors to provide home-based primary care.
The John A. Hartford Foundation
August 1, 2017
JAHF grantee, The Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI), has launched Centers of Excellence (COEs) for Home-Based Primary Care with eight leading academic centers across the United States to leverage the first and only comprehensive curriculum in country to help meet the growing need for home-based primary care professionals.
HealthcareDIVE
August 2, 2017
As providers look for ways to boost quality while reducing costs under value-based reimbursement, many see home-based care as one solution.
On Tuesday, the Home Centered Care Institute launched the HCCI Centers of Excellence for Home-Based Primary Care to bring high-quality primary care to more Americans. Participants include Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai.
August 1, 2017
HCCI Centers of Excellence, which include eight prestigious medical institutions, to leverage first and only comprehensive curriculum in the U.S. to help meet the growing need for home-based primary care professionals.
Baltimore Business Journal
August 1, 2017
MedStar Health is joining seven partner institutions across the country to launch a new home-based primary care training program.
The nonprofit Home Centered Care Institute works to ensure homebound patients have access to high-quality primary care in their homes nationwide. It’s establishing eight new Centers of Excellence, including MedStar’s Medical House Call Program, to offer its home-based primary care training and curriculum in major cities across the U.S.
Modern Healthcare
August 1, 2017
About 5% of the Medicare population — or 2 million beneficiaries — would benefit from home-based primary care. These patients are too sick to leave their home and have serious chronic conditions that require frequent visits from a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
To help address the shortage, the Home Centered Care Institute along with MedStar Health and seven other academic medicine institutions launched an initiative Tuesday to train home-care providers. They estimate about 1,000 providers currently offer home-based primary care, and their goal is to increase that number to 5,000 within five years.
March 2017
Guest commentary for Forbes offers insight into the potential role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in shaping the future of health care.
Advanced-Practice Providers Are Key To America’s Healthcare Future
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NP Practice Authority Grows
March 2017 Update
With legislative sessions currently taking place in many states around the U.S., bills related to nurse practitioners and their nursing scope of practice have been in the news. Read the full story here:
nurse.org/articles/nurse-practitioner-scope-of-practice-expands-mar17/
June 2017
Read how the Commonwealth Fund examines how home-based primary care affects outcomes and costs for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with complex care needs.