House Passes Bill to Extend Hospital-at-Home Program Through 2025
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Contributed by: Kate Gamble
Summary
The House has passed a stopgap funding bill that will extend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' "Hospital-at-Home" waiver program until September 2025, allowing hospitals to deliver inpatient-level care in patients' homes. Originally created during the COVID-19 pandemic, this program has been extended twice and enables hospitals to receive equivalent reimbursement for home care as for inpatient care. Although 378 hospitals in 39 states are currently participating, experts like Harold Miller suggest that the existing waiver framework may not be sustainable in the long term despite evidence of improved patient outcomes associated with home care.
