January 8, 2024

To address the urgent need for more house calls in Illinois, HCCI launched the Illinois House Call Project (ILHCP) in 2022 with a select group of highly qualified Illinois medical practices. This first cohort is well on its way to exceeding its three-year goal.

Now, HCCI is offering Illinois practices a period to be considered for exclusive early access, or nominate another practice, for applying to the second cohort of the ILHCP that will launch early this year. Like the first cohort, the second will include a select group of highly qualified Illinois medical practices, including independent entities, those affiliated with hospital systems, hospice and palliative care programs, and specialty groups such as wound care, dermatology, and dentistry.

Each selected practice will designate up to three “Home Centered Care Champions” to lead their work. HCCI will provide the Champions with expertise, guidance, and comprehensive resources, including education, consulting, tools, market analysis, marketing/PR training, and the opportunity to receive capacity-building funding.

ACT NOW

To be considered for exclusive early access to the ILHCP Cohort 2 application process, or nominate another practice for that consideration, complete this form by Friday, January 12.

For questions about the ILHCP, please contact Karly Denes at 630-283-9210 or KDenes@HCCInstitute.org.

Wednesday, January 10, 3-4pm CT

Join over 125 of your colleagues who have already signed up for one of our most popular webinars of the year for free on Wednesday, January 10 at 3pm CT. Paul Chiang, MD (Senior Medical and Practice Advisor, HCCI; Medical Director, Northwestern Medicine HomeCare Physicians), Tammy Browning, PA-C (Founder & President, Grace At Home), and Kera Holmes, CPC(R) (Manager, Practice Development, HCCI) will review the coding, reimbursement, and policy impacts specific to home-based medical care as a result of the CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (MPFS) and how to best respond to these changes.

January 30 Analytics Session Focuses on Use Cases for Payers

On Tuesday, January 30, at 3pm CT, attend “Payers: Build & Optimize Your Care Network for Complex Patients,” a free use-case Demo and Discussion session. The session will focus on how payers can use HCCI’s Confer Analytics™ business intelligence platform to build and optimize care services for their most complex patients and evaluate their performance and market penetration against other payers.

The platform offers affordable solutions for answering essential questions related to patient demographics, capacity for growth, quality benchmarks, referral sources, and more.

Join us for our final free in-person event in the Crossroads of Care series for Illinois hospice and palliative care programs, Crossroads of Care: Contracting with Payers to Demonstrate the Value of Home-Centered Care, on Thursday, March 7, 4-6 pm CT, in Schaumburg, IL. Our expert faculty will discuss the various payer types relevant to home-based primary care and home-based palliative care, identify key individuals to connect with when negotiating contracts, and how to demonstrate the value of your home-centered care services through the presentation of quality-of-care metrics, utilization and outcomes data, and compelling patient stories. A light supper will be provided during the session. Learn more about the Crossroads of Care series and view recordings of the previous sessions.