Hill May 15, 2024
Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will introduce legislation Wednesday that would extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) waiver program past its 2024 expiration date.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) introduced several waivers and flexibilities in 2020, allowing for various inpatient-level hospital services to be conducted in patients’ homes.
The AHCAH program was initially set to expire with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency but was extended to December 31, 2024, by the Consolidated Appropriations Act passed last year.
Carper and Scott’s bill would further extend the flexibilities provided by AHCAH for another five years.
“Since Hospital at Home was implemented just a few years ago,...
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