Politico October 14, 2025
The budget stalemate is forcing some hospitals to withdraw from a successful Medicare program that allows seriously ill patients to be treated at home.
The government shutdown is forcing some hospitals to withdraw from a Medicare program that allows seriously ill patients to be treated at home — leading some facilities to move patients back in, filling up beds ahead of a busy flu season.
For four years, the federal government has paid more than 330 hospitals under its Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative to remotely monitor thousands of stable patients at home, enabling medical centers to be reimbursed for the higher acuity home care and freeing up hospital beds for other patients.
But Congress’ inability to extend the...
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