Chief Healthcare Executive July 24, 2025
More health systems have launched programs to provide acute care in the home. Lawmakers are working to ensure those programs can continue.
The skinny
A bipartisan bill has emerged to extend hospital-at-home programs.
The sponsors
U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat from Georgia, and Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, are the prime sponsors of the legislation. Other senators from both parties are co-sponsors of the bill.
Summary
The lawmakers are looking to extend federal waivers that allow hospitals to provide acute care at home. The government eased restrictions on hospital-at-home programs during the COVID-19 pandemic, and lawmakers have approved temporary waivers on those programs. Warnock and Scott say their bill will extend home hospital programs and provide more...
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