Lawmakers introduce 5-year hospital-at-home extension

(By: Giles Bruce for Becker’s Hospital Review)

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers has introduced a bill that would extend the CMS waiver to reimburse hospital-at-home programs by five years.

More than 200 hospitals across 34 states provide acute hospital care at home under a CMS waiver introduced during the pandemic. But that measure is set to expire Sept. 30. Health systems leaders have told Becker’s that the regulatory uncertainty is stifling the care model from reaching its full potential. Continue reading here…

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