The COVID-19 pandemic led to an explosion in hospital-at-home, offering hospitals the potential of expanding admissions without adding additional beds.
An outcome of the COVID 19 pandemic is attractiveness of innovative care alternatives for patients and providers. One increasingly popular model in US is the Hospital at Home program. It allows patients who need acute level care to receive that care in their home.
Introduction On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (the “Act”). The Act provides for nearly $1.7 trillion in funding across a range of.
As part of the $1.7 million omnibus spending bill that became law December 29, 2022, the CMS extended, through December 31, 2024, the Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative whereby individual hospitals may seek waivers to operate H@H programs.