Home Health Care News January 20, 2026
Medicare telehealth flexibilities and the Acute Hospital at Home waiver program – critical programs for the home health industry kept alive by short-term extensions – received reason for hope on Tuesday when lawmakers proposed a three-year funding package that would include provisions for these programs.
The $1.2 trillion, three-bill bipartisan funding package comes ahead of the Jan. 30 deadline to fully fund the government and would extend both acute hospital care at home waiver flexibilities and extend certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities.
Lack of Medicare telehealth flexibilities limits home health providers’ potential patient pool and adds administrative burden, experts have told Home Health Care News. The bill package would extend these flexibilities through Dec. 31, 2027.
The hospital-at-home waiver program,...
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