HealthLeaders Media September 28, 2023
The health system, one of the first to launch an acute care at home platform, has received federal and state approval to treat patients from three more hospitals in their own homes.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– The acute hospital at home program combines remote patient monitoring and telehealth platforms with daily in-person visits to treat patients at home who would otherwise be hospitalized. A CMS model sets rigid guidelines in order to qualify for Medicare reimbursement.
– Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital were two of the first hospitals to launch the program in 2016, and they merged in 2020. The program will now include patients from Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Salem Hospital, and Women’s Faulkner Hospital.
– Officials say the...
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