Healthcare Innovation September 20, 2023
During a Hospital at Home Users Group webinar, officials from three states described their experience working with state Medicaid agencies
Although health systems received an extension of the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, it has been more of a challenge to get state Medicaid programs to participate. So far, eight state Medicaid programs are paying for acute care at home. During a Sept. 19 webinar, officials from Illinois, Massachusetts, and North Carolina described the efforts to engage with Medicaid in their states.
The eight state Medicaid agencies paying for hospital at home are in Arizona, Arkansas Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas.
The nonprofit Hospital at Home Users Group, in partnership with the American Academy of...