Wisconsins PATH ALONG app

PATH ALONG is in the process of developing an app http://appsmakerstore.com/appim/j6kcdet8xvwk4s which will enhance the ability of the model to communicate with the community.   PATH ALONG is an original Wisconsin model that connects inpatient providers to community staff who support the patient during health system transitions. 


PATH ALONG places supportive care which uses evidence based content structure directly with the inpatient (care transition) need.  This is important because (CMS) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have altered regulations to shape hospital delivered service to include a greater capacity for communicating with supportive care providers.  Hospital readmissions are considered a product of the disconnect between inpatient departments and community providers who help the patient recover.

The (CMS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have reduced reimbursement rates for a hospital stay that results in a readmission within 30 days.  This is scheduled to progress annually as a way to convince hospital boards to embrace measures that can reduce readmission rates.  PATH ALONG is an evidence based model with 3 defined services to help the hospitalist fulfill their continuity of care role.  The focus is on care filled transitions.

The future of Wisconsin medicine involves a strong enough connection to allow an inpatient provider to facilitate an in home supportive care service rather than risk an outpatient observational status  hospital stay.  An outpatient observational status hospital stay may be deemed unnecessary by CMS review resulting in the hospital claims department billing the patient directly. 

An in home supportive care provider ( www.homecarepath.com) can deliver a similar service and sustain the means for rapid access throughout the process.  This maintains quality while improving relations with the population being served by the hospital setting.

Please call 608-432-4286 to discuss scheduling service.  Email lkutzke@homecarepath.onmicrosoft.com .  2013 rates are 20.00 per hour.   For additional information click on the site below with free access
http://www.homecarepath.com/Pages/PRESSRELEASEOriginalWisconsinModelToReduceHospitalReadmissionRates.aspx