Why should home health care agencies invest in CCP certification for their staff?
Today, 75% of health care spending is due to chronic diseases and chronic care improvement is a centerpiece of many of the reforms contained in the Patient Protection and Affordability Act of 2009, as well as other state and federal initiatives. Further, chronic care is recognized as a new model of care. Home care, like other specialties, must document formal preparation in the new generation of evidence-based chronic care improvement approaches and skills. As other specialties position themselves as the “experts in chronic care” it is important that home care agencies keep pace with national training and certification standards in this field. While home health care professionals bring valuable experience in chronic care, numerous peer reviewed studies find that clinicians with formal training and preparation in evidence-based disease management, chronic care and health coaching skills, deliver better outcomes. A recent study published in the journal Disease Management found that a nat
