MedPage Today March 11, 2025
— Measure would extend the program through September
The stopgap funding bill passed Tuesday by the House included a provision to extend the CMS “Hospital-at-Home” (H@H) waiver program.
The program, which currently expires on March 31, allows hospitals to provide hospital-level care to certain patients in their homes, even though doing so would normally violate a condition of participation in Medicare and Medicaid requiring 24/7 availability of nursing care. Hospitals participating in the program get paid the same amount for H@H patients as they would if the patient were actually in an inpatient hospital bed. The provision in the House budget bill — which still needs Senate approval — would extend the program through Sept. 30 of this year.
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