Home Health Care News January 27, 2026
Just months after the federal government shut down for a record 43 days, a partial shutdown is becoming increasingly likely, threatening vital Medicare flexibilities and the hospital-at-home waiver program.
If lawmakers fail to pass the proposed funding package, both these flexibilities, enacted by the Trump administration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, would expire at midnight on Jan. 30. This potential expiration would remove access to key services for Medicare beneficiaries and add uncertainty to the home-based care industry, according to Alexis Apple, deputy executive director of ATA Action and vice president of federal affairs for the American Telemedicine Association.
“A government shutdown would immediately jeopardize key Medicare telehealth flexibilities and the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program that patients...
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