[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING DR. THOMAS CORNWELL

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                          HON. PETER J. ROSKAM

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 21, 2018

  Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Thomas 
Cornwell, Founder of HomeCare Physicians in Wheaton, Illinois and 
President of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine. For over 20 
years, Dr. Cornwell has been a champion of homecare medicine by 
bringing primary care to seniors in the comfort of their own homes.
   Since founding his homecare practice, HomeCare Physicians, in 1997, 
Dr. Cornwell has personally made over 32,000 house calls to more than 
4,000 patients. His services ensure that his patients have convenient 
access to the care they need and save taxpayer dollars at the same 
time.
   Due to the leadership of Dr. Cornwell and others like him the number 
of house-call visits by physicians is increasing. In 1996, the New 
England Journal of Medicine reported that physicians provided 984,000 
house calls to Medicare beneficiaries annually. By 2005, the number 
more than doubled to 2 million house calls annually.
   Roughly 20 years after Dr. Cornwell made his first house call, he 
received $15 million in private funding to, as he puts it, ``spread 
this model of care.'' Cornwell is tasked with using the bulk of that 
money to teach others how to do what he does so well. He notes that 
educational programs about house call medicine are sprouting up at 
institutions such as Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore and 
the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago.
   Mr. Speaker, and distinguished colleagues, please join me in 
recognizing and thanking Dr. Thomas Cornwell for his selfless service 
to the residents of DuPage County, Illinois and his contributions to 
seniors across the country.

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