July 2, 2024

Community-based palliative care programs in Illinois can apply for the new HCCI & Elea Institute Innovation Award program to receive support in implementing Chronic Care Management (CCM) services to expand and diversify their offerings and help drive revenue.

HCCI will select up to 10 community-based palliative care programs in Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Will, and Winnebago counties to participate, beginning in October. Award recipients will receive a fully subsidized CCM Implementation Package.

To be considered for this opportunity, contact HCCI at help@HCCInstitute.org or 630-283-9222. Applications are due August 30.

HCCI gratefully acknowledges support for this program in the form of a grant from Elea Institute, dedicated to advancing care for people with serious illnesses. Learn more at eleainstitute.org.

HCCI is making BIG changes based on your feedback to give you the resources and support you need to thrive. Here are two key new offerings:

Connection

HCCI Connect™ is a vital step in advancing our mission of making house calls accessible to more individuals in need. Through the online platform, we will share valuable information about home-centered care products, services, and professional associations with our audience of over 6,000 home centered care professionals. Learn more here.

If you are interested in learning how to highlight your offerings on HCCI Connect™ as a sponsor, contact HCCI Development Director Whitney Plunkett at wplunkett@hccinstitute.org. 

Course Credit

Earn your annual CME/CE credit and support your practice’s professional development by licensing HCCI’s nationally recognized online courses. Gain 24/7 access to the nation’s premier education for home-care medicine and house call operations and streamline your onboarding for new hires. The HCCI curriculum aids recruitment and retention and allows seamless integration with your in-house learning management system. Learn more here.

Based on a six-month study, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago achieved the following with its Rush@Home house call program in partnership with HCCI:

• 34% potential lower cost

• 18% fewer hospitalizations

• 21% reduction in ED visits

• 4.6% fewer readmissions

Total Program Savings

• Total Actual Six-Month Savings: $761,000

• Total Potential Annualized Savings: Over $1.5 million

Based on these results, a program with 200 MSSP patients would generate over $3 million in savings.

Contact HCCI at help@HCCInstitute.org or (630) 283-9222 for more information about how we can work together to establish or expand a house call program for your organization.

COMING SOON (planned for July): Our new HCCIntelligence™ Community will offer free exclusive access to our HCCIntelligence™ Premier Tools and Tip Sheets, free and discounted pricing for our online courses that offer CME/CE credit, free webinars on a range of home-based medical care topics, and one-on-one Office Hours with HCCI experts, including Certified Professional Coders (CPC)® and clinical providers. It also will include an online forum coming in January, which will feature an AI-powered chatbot. Annual community memberships will be available for purchase beginning in mid-July and will be available for a limited time at the charter rate of $395. To be added to our pre-sale list, please fill out this form.