Individualized Shadowing Experience
through the HCCI House Call Practicum™
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Register today for this unique two-day field experience designed to allow providers and practice managers to shadow trained preceptors and acquire new knowledge and skills in house call operations and clinical care for medically complex patients in the home. The HCCI House Call Practicum™ offers an individualized learning opportunity at our Practice Excellence Partner (PEP)™, which are programs recognized nationwide as premier providers of home-based primary care.
On Day 1, you will accompany your PEP Preceptor on house calls and observe the various steps followed by the practice prior to, during, and after each home visit. Your preceptor will also describe or demonstrate the practice’s approach to the management of urgent issues in the field, after-hours coverage, communication with practice staff, and care coordination.
On Day 2, you will observe front and back office operations, including scheduling, new patient intake, and appointment confirmation; preparing and maintaining supplies and packing the medical bag; triage and communication; billing, coding, and revenue cycle review; analytics; patient selection criteria and service area; marketing and outreach activities; staffing and productivity.
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Join us Wednesday, July 17 for our next
HCCIntelligence™ Webinar and Virtual Office Hours
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Wednesday, July 17, 4 pm - 5 pm CST
Webinar:
Clinical Conundrums: The Top 3 Challenges
You May Be Facing
Objectives:
- Manage Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) in patients with functional disability and multiple, complex comorbidities that contribute to functional, nutritional, and cognitive limitations.
- Apply effective management strategies for homebound patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
- Describe the general considerations and recommendations in the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) in complex, frail, elderly patients in the home setting.
Presenters
- Thomas Cornwell MD – Chief Executive Officer, HCCI
- Paul Chiang MD – Chief Medical Officer, HCCI
- Brianna Plencner CPC, CPMA – Specialist, Practice Improvement, HCCI
Virtual Office Hours:
The 30-minute Webinar will be followed immediately by a 30-minute Virtual Office Hours session - your chance to "ask the experts" your questions about the Webinar topic and other aspects of home-based primary care.
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Practice Management Tip of the Month
Why is HCC Coding so Important for Home Care Medicine?
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A hot topic in health care today is
Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs), and there is no better time to consider the value of HCC coding to your home-based primary care program! HCC coding is the risk adjustment method used by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine the annual payments for patients in Medicare Advantage plans. HCC risk adjustment uses predictive modeling to determine the severity of patients’ conditions, health risk, and status to project the cost of health care coverage for that population. This is how CMS determines cost savings for patients enrolled in Accountable Care Organizations and the Independence at Home Medicare Demonstration, and HCC risk adjustment will also determine into which Practice Risk Group patients will be placed for the new Primary Care First Model.
Correct diagnosis coding is always important, but it is critical for accurate risk adjustment because it drives appropriate reimbursement for provider services in value-based payments. An easy “best practice” to initiate is to
always code to the highest specificity
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GAPNA Preconference Presented by HCCI
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HCCI will present a Preconference at the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Annual Conference, on Wednesday, October 2, 12-5pm, in Las Vegas, NV. This in-depth session,
House Calls: APNs Navigating Challenges & Implementing Solutions,
will be taught by national NP leaders and will explore the challenges faced and opportunities presented when caring for complex patients in the home. Learners will come away with new insights on successes and failures in NP-driven practices, time efficiencies, documentation and coding for house calls, valuing your practice, payer/ACO partnerships, and community resources. To
register
for the GAPNA Annual Conference (including the Preconference presented by HCCI), go to:
https://www.gapna.org/events/annual-conference.
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Register Today for the AAHCM Annual Meeting
and Preconference presented by HCCI
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The American Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHCM) will be hosting its Annual Meeting October 18-19, 2019 in Rosemont, IL. HCCI is excited to announce that we have been invited again this year to present a Preconference on Thursday, October 17.
The Preconference, House Calls:
Achieving Clinical Excellence and Sustainabilit
y, features a clinically-focused session in the morning and practice management-focused session in the afternoon and will conclude with an optional “Office Hours” from 4-5pm for participants interested in speaking directly with HCCI’s expert faculty and learning more.
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Register Now for HCCI Advanced Applications of
Home-Based Primary Care™
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December 5-6, 2019
Schaumburg (Chicago), IL
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This two-day classroom workshop builds on the HCCI Essential Elements of Home-Based Primary Care™ workshop and is
designed for experienced HBPC providers. Case-based sessions focus on higher-level topics in HBPC such as: advance care
planning, prognostication, care coordination and transitions of care, caregiver support, and challenging clinical issues such as dementia, polypharmacy, selected procedures and wound care.
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