Moving Health Home Fields National Survey of Consumers

Background: On December 2, Moving Health Home (MHH), a coalition of health care organizations advocating for improved access to home-based care, released a consumer survey sponsored by industry leaders BrightStar Care, Home Instead, Intermountain Healthcare, and Vituity. During the pandemic, holidays have looked different. People have been separated from their loved ones by distance and the walls of health care facilities. This has been alleviated, in part, by federal flexibilities such as the Hospitals Without Walls (HWW) and Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) waivers, that allowed hospitals to treat Medicare beneficiaries in their homes. However, these waivers are set to expire at the end of the...