‘Hospital-at-home’ programs remain concentrated among larger, urban, not-for-profit and academic hospitals, study finds

Medical Xpress December 23, 2024
University of California, Los Angeles

Hospitals that have adopted the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) “hospital-at-home” program, which serves as an alternative to admission to brick-and-mortar facilities, are concentrated in large, urban, not-for-profit, and academic hospitals, new research suggests.

The findings are among the first to portray the landscape of hospitals participating in this rapidly growing care model, said Dr. Hashem Zikry, a participant in the National Clinician Scholars Program at UCLA and lead author on the paper, which was published in JAMA.

“If CMS’ goal is to continue to expand hospital-at-home, these findings suggest that different incentives or outreach may be needed for smaller, rural, and non-teaching hospitals,” Zikry said.

Established in November 2020, the CMS program allows hospitals to deliver care for...

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