Mainstreaming Home-Based Primary Care in US Health Care Delivery: Meeting the Moral Imperative
Grant Summary
Four grants will help build home-based primary care into U.S. health care delivery and health policy as a critical component of age-friendly care for older adults who are homebound or home-limited.
- National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network (PIs: Bruce Leff, Christine Ritchie, $1,055,256) will develop and refine clinical standards and oversee a pilot program to recognize home-based primary care practices for meeting high standards of quality (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/Mass General Brigham).
- American Academy of Home Care Medicine (PIs: Bruce Kinosian, Kristofer Smith, $625,411) will develop business and marketing plans and then launch the practice recognition program.
- Home Centered Care Institute (PIs: Thomas Cornwell, Melissa Singleton, $933,188) will create and update education and training materials in support of practice recognition and the home-based primary care field.
- Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy (PI: Rebecca Whitaker, $376,483) will advance evidence-based policy innovations to support a home-based medical care ecosystem.
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Grant Details
Organization
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/Mass General Brigham, Home Centered Care Institute, American Academy of Home Care Medicine, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
Grant Amount
$2,990,338
Grant Period
36 months
Approval Date
December 2025
Priority Area
Status
Renewed
Primary Contact
Bruce Leff, Christine Ritchie
bleff@jhmi.edu
csritchie@mgh.harvard.edu
Program Officer
Scott Bane
