A New Model of Care
Amedisys is poised to facilitate the delivery of a new care model that allows chronically ill patients to be treated at home by an integrated team of health professionals, while reducing the cost of fragmented care and unnecessary hospitalizations.
Our model of Comprehensive, Continuous Chronic Care Management in the Home (C4M) can address the needs of patients beginning in the early stages of a diagnosis and continuing through the end of life. By integrating hospice care within the C4M® team, this model allows for patient and family participation in decision making, meeting their needs at the most crucial time.
Why at Home?
One of the benefits of the C4M® model is that it reaches patients where they live. An extensive in-home assessment evaluates a patient’s clinical, functional, psychosocial and behavioral status as well as caregiver support. While in the home, clinicians may observe safety hazards, medication discrepancies, and/or social and environmental challenges unrecognizable in an office-based setting.
Home health care, a primary driver of cost of care, also reflects patient preferences. According to the AARP, 89 percent of Americans older than age 50 would like to stay in their homes as long as possible.
Home-based care represents a cost-effective alternative to other post-acute care settings and may offer cost savings versus traditional office visits for broader chronic care management.
For more insight into our vision for the future of home care, please see our whitepapers: