Hospital-at-home: Where it stands (and how it can improve)
Advisory Board October 16, 2024
According to a new report from CMS, hospital-at-home (HaH) care may be an overall positive experience for patients, but it has had mixed results when it comes to access, outcomes, and costs. Advisory Board’s Jared Landis and Miriam Sznycer-Taub discuss barriers to expanding HaH care, as well as what needs to be done in the future.
How hospital-at-home has performed so far
In a new report, CMS evaluated home-based acute care delivered at 332 hospitals nationwide. The report was a requirement of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 and could influence lawmakers as they decide whether to extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, which is set to expire at the end of December.
According to the report, the...