The move is complete, and we’re settling in at our new home on 5100 Macadam Avenue. We’re excited about the bright and light setting on the river, the increased space, and the better facilities. Let’s see what some employees have to say! Barb Gorman (Development Coordinator) “The office is fantastic (!) and will allow [Read more… ]
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We’re On The Move!
Housecall Providers will be moving February 1st to the Riverside Centre office building on Macadam Avenue near Johns Landing. The move has been in the works for quite some time as office space steadily decreased with each new hire. Last year alone, we hired 20 staff members, bringing our total now to 80 employees. [Read more… ]
Housecall Providers featured in The DO
By Rose Raymond / Staff Editor for The DO CMS [The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] is working with 18 organizations and tracking the health costs of patients from each organization for three years starting in 2012. Sites whose patient care costs show significant savings over what Medicare estimates their care would cost outside the [Read more… ]
Housecall Providers named top work place by The Oregonian
by Dan Cook, To the Point PORTLAND, Ore. – Housecall Providers, a nonprofit whose medical clinicians make house calls to more than 1,000 homebound patients a year, has been selected by The Oregonian as the First Place winner in its Small Companies category for “Top Work Places” in Oregon and Southwest Washington for 2012. Housecall [Read more… ]
Volunteer Dietician Wanted
Housecall Providers is searching for a registered dietician to meet with our hospice interdisciplinary team and provide expertise and consultation. The ideal volunteer will be available each week on Wednesday mornings from 9am to noon to come in to our Mount Tabor area offices, and perhaps occasionally willing to join us for a patient visits as [Read more… ]
Independence At Home (IAH) Demonstration Project
In late April 2012, HCP learned that we had been selected to participate in the three year national demonstration project Independence at Home (IAH). (The project has since been extended and will run though May of 2017.) This landmark legislation was part of the Affordable Care Act and sponsored in the Senate by Oregon’s own [Read more… ]
This U.S. Senator’s On A Mission To Bring Back Doctor House Calls
By Zachry Floro In 2011, the federal government spent $524 billion on Medicare costs alone, a figure that’s predicted to balloon to $949 billion by 2020. The system is ripe for improvement and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D – Ore.) thinks bringing back retro-style house calls just might be the answer. Wyden’s thrown his support behind a new [Read more… ]
Portland’s Housecall Providers selected as national demonstration site
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Terri Hobbs 971-202-5500 Executive Director PORTLAND, OR—Housecall Providers Inc., a Portland, OR-based nonprofit, has been selected as a demonstration site for the national health care study Independence at Home (IAH). Independence at Home was developed in response to a growing body of evidence that suggests that many patients with multiple health concerns—especially [Read more… ]
For the sickest patients, Medicare tests home-based primary care in Portland
The Oregonian says “A pilot project starting today in Portland aims to show that providing home-based primary care to Medicare patients with multiple chronic conditions can improve their health – and save money.” See the full story here.
Thank you Senator Wyden!
Senator Ron Wyden joined Housecall Providers at the Waverley Country Club on June 1, 2012 to launch the beginning of Housecall Providers’ Independence at Home three-year demonstration project. Over 100 people gathered for breakfast, which was sponsored by Intel, to hear the Senator speak about this historic legislation made possible through the Affordable Care Act. Senator Wyden then accompanied our founder, Benneth [Read more… ]
