At Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI), we are committed to transforming health care through sustainable, innovative house call programs that enhance the patient experience, improve health outcomes, and reduce costs. We recognize the numerous challenges that can be encountered by home-based primary care (HBPC) providers and practice staff and the value of having access to knowledgeable experts and timely guidance.
In response, we have created the
HCCIntelligence™ Resource Center
– free services designed to share knowledge and ideas to help you build and grow your house call practice. Services include the
HCCIntelligence™ Hotline
through which our experienced HBPC providers, practice management experts and nationally certified coders and auditors are available to answer questions and provide assistance.
HCCIntelligence™ Webinars
and
Virtual Office Hours
are held the third Wednesday of each month, beginning next week.
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Join us June 19th for our inaugural
HCCIntelligence™ Webinar and Virtual Office Hours
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HCCI is excited to announce our first HCCI Intelligence™ Webinar!
Wednesday, June 19, 4 pm - 5 pm CST
Webinar:
The Most Important Billing Codes You May Not Be Using!
Objectives:
- Identify commonly overlooked opportunities to enhance reimbursement within an HBPC practice.
- Describe coding and documentation requirements for advance care planning, prolonged services non-face-to-face, anticoagulation management, and oversight of home health certifications and recertifications.
- Increase revenue within your HBPC practice by appropriately coding and billing for services you may already be providing.
Presenters
- Brianna Plencner CPC, CPMA – Specialist, Practice Improvement, HCCI
- Thomas Cornwell MD - Chief Executive Officer, HCCI
- Paul Chiang MD - Chief Medical Officer, 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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Watch the Premier of
Housecall Man
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Just as the new Elton John biopic,
Rocketman
hits the big screen, HCCI offers its own premier. Set to the music
Rocketman
, HCCI's Medical Director Dr. Paul Chiang reimagined Bernie Taupin's lyrics to pay tribute to the thousands of men and women;
MDs/DOs
, NPs, PAs and MAs who make house calls...delivering home-based primary care to the frail and chronically ill.
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HCCI + Nurse Practitioners = Enhanced Access
to Home-based Primary Care
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We know nurse practitioners (NPs) are playing an ever-expanding role in the delivery of HBPC, and HCCI wants to engage with and support these NPs.
HCCI has joined the
AANP Corporate Council
and will be attending the
AANP National Conference
in Indianapolis, June 18 - 21. We will meet with members of AANP’s Entrepreneur Specialty Practice Group to share ideas and learn more about the ways HCCI can support nurse practitioners who are considering careers in home-based primary care and/or running their own HBPC practices. For more information about the AANP Corporate Council and the AANP National Conference, go to:
www.AANP.org
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HCCI will also present a Pre-conference 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 Pre-conference presented by HCCI), go to:
www.GAPNA.org
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HCCI was recently invited by the
Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC)
to present a webinar entitled,
The Perfect Storm: Addressing Needs with Home-Based Primary Care
, featuring HCCI’s CEO, Tom Cornwell, MD, who was joined by Mark Grzeskowiak, MD, HDMC, Chief Medical Officer of JourneyCare,
Illinois’ largest nonprofit for palliative, supportive and hospice care.
In 2018, HCCI initiated a partnership with JourneyCare to expand access to home-based primary care for patients across the Chicagoland area. In this webinar, Drs. Cornwell and
Grzeskowiak discussed the intersection of home-based primary care and home-based palliative care, and they shared with the audience the successes and key learnings from the first year of the HCCI/JourneyCare pilot program. The webinar was well received and attracted a record-high number of participants.
If you are interested in having HCCI present a webinar for your organization, please contact Dana Crosby, HCCI Director of Research and Practice Improvement, at 630-283-9247 or
DCrosby@HCCInstitute.org
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Independence At Home (IAH) Year 4 Results
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In the fourth performance year of the demonstration (October 1, 2015–September 30, 2016), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) found that the actual expenditures for IAH practices’ applicable beneficiaries were approximately 8.9 percent (equating
to $32.9 million) below their spending targets, an average reduction of $2,814 per beneficiary. For performance
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June is Alzheimer's Awareness Month
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Managing Patients with Dementia
and Neuropsychiatric Disturbances
in HBPC
HBPC providers often deliver primary care services to patients with various stages of dementia. These patients often experience neuropsychiatric disturbances, making delivery of HBPC services challenging. This eLearning module presents strategies for effectively treating patients with dementia and neuropsychiatric disturbances and supporting their families and caregivers.
15 min. | Cost $25 | CME Credit .25 |
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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,
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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