Center to Advance Palliative Care

Our program is also a combined home care and hospice that is owned and operated as a department of our hospital. We have successfully made arguments that we help the hospital meet it's vison, mission and goals for care, community service and also access to care. We have identified issues we help the hsopital system with, including get patients out into the community in a timely way, preventing admissions that may not be bnecessary, etc., all of which are very important issues for our institution. We essentially are doing what CAPC PCLC recommends: make your arguments to allign with what your institution cares about, identify metrics you can track that demonstrate effectiveness, cost savings, value to the hospital mission, etc. The blend of home care and hospice is advantageous because you can collect some revenue through home care fee for services for some patients who may not yet be ready for hospice, etc. The challenge then is to figure out how to blend the programs to address continuity of care issues and resource allocation issues. Hope that helps.