Fierce Health Technology October 14, 2021
Following up on their big-ticket strategic investment into at-home acute care company Medically Home, Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente are headlining a new advocacy movement backed by nearly a dozen other health systems from across the country.
Called the Advanced Care at Home Coalition, the partners are joining their voices to convince Capitol Hill to extend telehealth, remote and in-home care flexibilities implemented throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The organizations said they will also be petitioning the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test and establish a new delivery model for advanced care at home.
“Offering acute-level, hospital-quality care at home allows physicians and care teams to treat a whole person to meet their individualized care goals,...