HealthLeaders Media February 6, 2025
Eric Wicklund

While turmoil in Washington jeopardizes a CMS waiver, health systems are looking at two specific populations to support and sustain the Hospital at Home strategy.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– More than 300 health systems and hospitals are using the CMS model for the Hospital at Home program, and relying on Medicare waivers to sustain the strategy.

– Those waivers are set to expire in March, and organizations are scrambling to develop a blueprint for sustainable and scalable programs that enable hospitals to provide care in the home.

– Advocates say the growing senior population could benefit greatly from this strategy, as could rural residents and communities facing barriers to healthcare access.

Whether or not it’s reimbursed by Medicare, the Hospital at...

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Topics: CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Home, Patient / Consumer, Provider
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