The Wisconsin Hospice and Palliative Care Collaborative

The Wisconsin Hospice and Palliative Care Collaborative is a partnership of six of the state’s leading nonprofit hospice and palliative care organizations: Adoray Home Health & Hospice, Hospice Alliance, Rainbow Hospice Care, Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice, SSM Health at Home and Unity Hospice.

The goal of this partnership is to improve the patient experience and quality of care while demonstrating value to the market by achieving improved clinical outcomes and cost savings. With Supportive Care Management, payors can access the expertise of WHPCC’s teams with a single contract.

WHPCC Member Organizations

WHPCC is Committed to Caring

WHPCC providers have been providing hospice care for decades and Supportive Care Management since 2013.

Care provided by a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, RNs, and chaplains who live and work in the area they serve.

Together, WHPCC’s organizations care for more than 15.5 percent of Wisconsin’s Medicare hospice patients.

Expertise managing life-limiting and serious illnesses, including but not limited to:

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  • AIDS

  • Cancer (metastatic or hematologic)

  • End stage renal failure (ESRD or CKD V)

  • Dementia especially in the early stages to clear goals and plans for the future

  • Advanced liver disease or cirrhosis

  • Diabetes with severe complications - ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, or chronic kidney disease

  • COPD or interstitial lung disease – only if using home oxygen or ever hospitalized for the condition

  • CHF – if ever hospitalized for the condition

Additional considerations may include:

  • Those with serious illness that may need assistance to support activities of daily living (ADL)

  • Increased frequency of office visits, ED visits, and hospitalizations in the past 12 months

Broad Geographic Coverage

 

WHPCC member organizations are licensed to serve in 44 counties in Wisconsin—including our two largest cities. This vast service area is home to 80 percent of the Badger State’s residents, about 5.8 million people.