HCCI will host a new virtual workshop series, Demystifying Value-Based Care: Best Practices for Today and Tomorrow, in April. Designed for experienced HBPC providers and practice staff, the series will equip participants to succeed in value-based payment arrangements in the three workshops below, all of which run 12:30 to 4:45 p.m. CT: Learners can opt to register for all three workshops and save 10% (discount available through Tuesday, April 11), or register for the individual workshops. Each workshop is designated for 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. (Registration includes complimentary access to the workshop recording, presentation slides, and supplemental resources.)

• April 13: Getting Started in Value-Based Care
• April 20: Managing Costs of Care in Value-Based Care
• April 27: Ensuring Success in Value-Based Care

Based on COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE) to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. During the PHE, emergency declarations, legislative actions by Congress, and regulatory actions across government, including by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), allowed for changes to many aspects of healthcare delivery.

Healthcare providers received increased flexibility, allowing for the streamlining of care delivery and access. While some changes will be permanent or extended due to congressional action, some waivers and flexibilities will expire. There are flexibilities and actions that will NOT be affected during the transition from the current phase. Click through below to learn more about how this impacts the following areas:

• Access to telehealth services
• COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and treatments

HCCI’s Illinois House Call Project Champion April Odom, MSN, APRN-FPA, CRRN, FNP-BC, a family nurse practitioner with over 20 years of experience, and CEO of PhysicalsPlus, will participate in a free live, virtual event on March 24 at 1pm CT, titled Healing at Home: Pandemic Lessons and the Future of Home Care.

During the event, hosted by health policy outlet Tradeoffs, April will serve as a special audience guest and join in as other at-home care experts discuss how lessons learned from the pandemic can be applied to the future of home-based care. The featured guests will also include Bruce Leff, MD, Director, The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research at Johns Hopkins, who also co-leads the National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network with Dr. Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, FACP, FAAHPM. The Learning Network is a fellow co-grantee with HCCI of The John A. Hartford Foundation.

HCCI relies on the support of individuals, corporations, and foundations to sustain our programs. Please join our generous partners, like The John A. Hartford Foundation and the RFF Foundation for Aging, in helping us ensure those in need of house calls get them. Click here to make an individual donation. For organization-level opportunities, please contact James Warda, Vice President of External Affairs and Business Development.

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• Manager, Outreach and Engagement

• Manager, Practice Development

Newest addition to our Key Partners page: As a fellow HCCI co-grantee of The John A. Hartford Foundation, the mission of the Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy at Duke University is to improve health, health equity, and the value of health care through practical, innovative, and evidence-based policy solutions.