HealthLeaders Media January 3, 2025
Researchers found that most health systems following the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home model are large urban hospitals, and said the current model may not be sustainable for small or rural hospitals.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Roughly 373 health hospitals across 139 health systems in 39 states are following the CMS model for Hospital at Home care, and qualifying for Medicare reimbursements under a waiver passed in 2020 and due to expire at the end of March.
– A new study finds that most of those hospitals are in urban areas, and questions whether small and rural hospitals have the resources or support to launch Hospital at Home programs.
A new study of the Hospital at Home strategy questions whether...
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