Wielding Medications' Double-Edged Sword |
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Many Americans, especially older Americans, take a lot of medications. Not just prescriptions but over-the-counter (OTC) drugs as well. It’s a double-edged sword in some ways, since medications can obviously help, but too many together can cause unwanted side effects. Providers who practice home-based primary care (HBPC) can play a key role in addressing this issue, advised Dr. Ina Li, Clinical Director of Continuum of Care and Home Based Services and Clinical Director of Geriatrics for the ChristianaCare Health System in Wilmington, Delaware.
Older Americans on average fill between 9 and 12 prescriptions a year. “That’s a lot for anyone,” said Li, who also serves as an HCCI expert faculty member, having most recently presented during HCCI’s Essential Elements of Home-Base Primary Care™ workshop in Orlando. On average, Li said, every older patient is taking at least one unnecessary prescription, and it is “our responsibility as their home-care providers to de-prescribe this medication.”
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CMS Announces Direct Contracting Transition to ACO REACH Model |
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced its decision to redesign and rename the Global and Professional Direct Contracting (GPDC) model to the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) Model beginning in performance year (PY) 2023. The Direct Contracting Entities that are part of GPDC will finish the current performance year and then must agree to meet all ACO REACH model requirements by January 1, 2023, to continue model participation. (ACO REACH model transition officially starts January 2023 and continues through PY 2026.)
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Save $50 on HCCI's HBPC Workshops |
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HCCI is finalizing its workshop calendar for the remainder of 2022, and we want you to be among the first to receive details. Let us know which workshop(s) you want to attend by completing our interest form, and you will receive a promo code to save $50 when you register online.
The following workshops will be offered both virtually and in person throughout the year:
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HCCI is hosting a live, interactive HCCIntelligence™ Premier Webinar Series entitled, Maximizing Revenue and Value in 2022: Billing, Coding and Documentation in Home-Based Care. The series teaches participants how to maximize revenue while decreasing workflow burdens, ensure appropriate reimbursement for the services they provide, and implement valuable internal audit and compliance plans. Join us today and April 27, at 4pm-5:30pm CT, for the next two webinars in the series:
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Maximizing Revenue: Beyond E/M Coding & Documentation
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April 27
Empowering Practices: Implementing Internal Coding Audits & Quality Improvement Plans
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There, you will hear first-hand from our nationally certified coder and auditor, as well as leaders and experts in the field of home-based care. |
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Earn up to 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per webinar
- Enrollment is limited
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HCCIntelligence™ Resource Center
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We at HCCI are here to help in a variety of ways.
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The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) is partnering with Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center to explore the opportunities for states to bring a broad range of palliative care services to seriously ill persons, particularly through changes to their Medicaid programs. Join C-TAC on Wednesday, April 27, from noon – 2pm Central, at the Emerging Policy Opportunities for Community-Based Serious Illness Care conference. Register here.
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The National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network, supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation, has led efforts over the past few years to develop quality metrics and learning communities for home-based medical care. The group seeks applications for its fifth wave of practices joining its learning collaborative. Its community of 38 practices continues to learn, grow, and support each other in their efforts. To join the collaborative, see the request for application. The submission deadline is April 15.
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This email is an advertisement for the Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI). HCCI is passionately committed to its vision of
transforming our nation’s healthcare system by creating universal access to best practice house calls programs,
to ensure that medically complex patients have access to high-quality care in their homes.
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Home Centered Care Institute
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