{"id":21655,"date":"2020-12-29T18:49:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T13:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobisoftinfotech.com\/resources\/?p=21655"},"modified":"2025-12-06T16:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:17:05","slug":"home-health-care-for-the-chronically-ill-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobisoftinfotech.com\/resources\/blog\/home-health-care-for-the-chronically-ill-patients","title":{"rendered":"Providing Home Health Care for the Chronically I<\/span>ll Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

The healthcare industry is seeing a rapid paradigm shift in the way care is being delivered, be it virtual visits, in-home care, senior home health care or a hybrid model. Creating an environment where patients feel emotionally secured and providing them the level of support to meet their medical and social needs at home has become vital. The pandemic set lockdowns and home-quarantines in place, which resulted in deteriorating health for chronically ill patients who are at high-need, high risk.<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patients in the communities are looking for alternative ways to seek at home health care services. Offering patients a telemedicine visit with in-person assistance can reduce ED visits and hospitalizations to a greater extent. Although telemedicine usage has tremendously increased, social isolation and lack of caregivers can make seniors vulnerable at home. House calls and remote patient monitoring usage has been on the rise, enhancing better patient-provider relationships. <\/p>\n\n\n

Expanded Opportunities for High-need, High-risk Patients to receive In-Homecare via Providers and Community Oriented Resources<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n

The chronically ill and elder population facing multiple challenges functional and cognitive impairment will have a sigh of relief with the new Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation\u2019s (CMMI) direct contracting program. As per a recent announcement, CMMI <\/a>has said that Direct Contracting leverages lessons learned from other Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiatives, such as the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Next Generation ACO (NGACO) Model, combined with the transformatory approaches from Medicare Advantage (MA) and private sector risk-sharing arrangements. This model, which supports a focus on complex, chronically and seriously ill patients, is part of a CMMI strategy aiming to provide an opportunity for caregivers to take on risk in providing comprehensive care to high-need Medicare beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Healthcare providers will now have the opportunity to serve the complex and aged Traditional Medicare Fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries who have been neglected due to a spike in COVID-19 cases across the nation through accessible home health care. Patients, Payers, and Healthcare providers have been showing preference towards home healthcare solutions via house call programs. Also, this allows the housecall providers to look at the home surroundings of these vulnerable patients, and discuss with them other social challenges that need to be addressed by referring them to appropriate and needed community resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CMS is also looking to transform its services to providing home health through Medicare Advantage plans. More than 73% of chronically ill and senior patients are showing interest in home health care services over medical facilities. Senior patients with cardiovascular problems, diabetes, Alzheimer\u2019s, senile dementia, and other physical and psychological ailments can now be treated with home health care solutions and plans. With the Medicare Advantage plans in place, it has become easier to receive better nursing facilities at affordable rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main element for home health is determining if a member under the SSBCI services is eligible for home health treatments and house calls. House call consultations assisting senior patients with chronically ill conditions to avail home health care services has been a high consideration for MA plans. <\/p>\n\n\n

Interdisciplinary Care Team Caring for the Most Vulnerable Population<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n