June 11, 2024

HCCI is thrilled to announce the following selected practices for Cohort 2 of its Illinois House Call Project (ILHCP). The goal of the cohort is to collectively enroll and serve 3,000 new homebound patients by 2026, foster high-performing home-based primary care (HBPC) practices to improve patient outcomes, raise awareness of HBPC's value across Illinois, and gain insights into value-based payment opportunities for home-based medical care programs.



• AtheleMED, Lincolnwood, IL

• Absolute Medical Group, Tinley Park, IL

• Caring NP At Home, Steger, IL

• Community Physicians, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

• Doctor By Design, Chicago, IL

• Mind and Body Wellness, Tinley Park, IL

• MPerfect Med Spa + Wellness, Orland Park, IL

• Southern Illinois Healthcare, Carbondale, IL

• Western Illinois Home Provider Care, Monmouth, IL

As part of the program, these practices will receive expertise, guidance, and comprehensive resources so they are well-positioned to lead and champion HBPC across the state. HCCI also thanks Loyola Medicine for choosing HCCI as its partner in developing their home-based medical care practice, and for sponsoring the ILHCP.

The newly announced HCCI & Elea Institute Innovation Award program is intended to support Illinois-based palliative care organizations in implementing Chronic Care Management (CCM) services to expand and diversify their services and assist with driving revenue.

To achieve this goal, HCCI will select up to 10 community-based palliative care programs to participate, beginning in October 2024, from one or more of the following Illinois counties: Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Will, and Winnebago. Award recipients will receive a fully subsidized CCM Implementation Package.

To be considered for this opportunity, contact HCCI today at help@HCCInstitute.org or 630-283-9222. The application process closes August 30.

The Home Centered Care Institute gratefully acknowledges support for this program in the form of a grant from Elea Institute, dedicated to advancing care for people with serious illnesses. Learn more at eleainstitute.org.

To better meet your needs and the needs of all of those in the home-centered care industry, HCCI is making some BIG changes. We’ve listened to your feedback and combined it with our own research findings to create several new initiatives designed to make it easier for you to work with HCCI and access the important information and resources you need. The changes are focused on the Four “C’s” — Contemporary, Community, Connection, and Competence. The first change, around “Competence,” came last week, with the launch of our new Course Licensing program.

When Rush University Medical Center in Chicago decided to re-engineer its delivery systems to address population health, reduce health inequities, and combat chronic diseases while controlling healthcare costs, they connected with the Home Centered Care Institute. Together, they launched the innovative Rush@Home house call program.

Based on a six-month study, the Rush@Home program achieved the following:

• 34% potential lower cost

• 18% fewer hospitalizations

• 21% reduction in ED visits

• 4.6% fewer readmissions

Total Program Savings

• Total Actual Six-Month Savings: $761,000

• Total Potential Annualized Savings: Over $1.5 million

Based on these results, a program with 200 MSSP patients would generate over $3 million in savings.

See the Using Home-Based Primary Care to Improve Quality of Care & The Bottom Line infographic

Purchase our HCCIntelligence™ Premier Tools & Tip Sheets Revenue Cycle Management or All Access bundles and receive exclusive access to our HCCI consulting team and industry experts during a live Office Hours session focused on Revenue Cycle Management entitled, How to Improve Revenue Cycle Processes in Home-Based Medical Care, on Wednesday, June 26, 3 – 4 pm CST.

Buying either bundle also allows you access to these past Office Hours recorded presentations: 

• Advanced Coding: Billing, Coding, and Documentation beyond Evaluation and Management (E/M) 

• Revenue Cycle Management Financial & Performance Benchmarking