American Hospital Association March 12, 2024
AHA March 12 shared with the House Ways and Means Committee how telehealth and hospital-at-home (H@H) programs have expanded access to care for patients in their homes and the need for these programs to continue.
“We look forward to working with Congress to extend the H@H program and permanently adopt telehealth waivers, which will provide additional opportunities to collect important quality, patient experience and reimbursement data that can help shape a permanent version of these programs,” AHA said in a statement submitted to the committee for a hearing on enhancing access to care at home in rural and underserved communities.
The AHA-supported CONNECT for Health Act (H.R. 4189/S. 2016), led by committee members Mike Thompson, D-Calif., and David Schweikert, R-Ariz.,...