AXIOS October 24, 2023
With HGTV-style finishes like butcher block counters and hardwood floors, a tiny house on wheels rolled into Washington this week demonstrating what it looks like to hospitalize patients at home.
Why it matters: Medically Home — one of the companies helping health systems like the Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente launch their own hospital-at-home programs — is making the case for Medicare to extend pandemic-era flexibilities funding at-home hospital care.
- What was once seen as a way to manage a surge of patients during the worst of COVID-19 has morphed into an important way for some hospitals to provide better care to frail patients and fill access gaps, its backers say.
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