mHealth Intelligence March 13, 2024
Anuja Vaidya

A group of healthcare stakeholders, including providers, vendors, and associations, are urging Congress to extend the CMS hospital-at-home waiver beyond 2024.

More than 65 healthcare organizations have signed a letter urging Congress to extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program for at least five years beyond 2024.

The letter sent to Congressional leaders on March 11 highlighted the critical role the waiver program played in enabling hospitals and health systems nationwide to implement the hospital-at-home model, stating that the waiver “is the keystone to the future of home-based care delivery for Medicare patients and beyond.”

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) waiver in November 2020 to ease challenges facing...

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