Home Health Care News February 3, 2025
In-home care advocacy group Moving Health Home recently penned a letter urging Congress to include a five-year extension for the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver in the March government funding package.
The letter directly addresses Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Additionally, the letter was signed by almost 100 stakeholders, including AARP, BrightStar Care, DispatchHealth, Home Care Association of America, Medically Home, Optum and more.
While the letter acknowledges that the waiver has already been, temporarily, extended to March, the stakeholders at Moving Health Home believe that an additional five-year extension would help the program take...