Healthcare Innovation January 15, 2024
One goal is to help policymakers make an informed decision about extending or even permanently approving the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver
Researchers analyzing results from the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) Waiver program say there is preliminary evidence suggesting that home hospital is an important care model for managing acute illness.
Thousands of patients from across 300 hospitals in 37 states have been treated in their homes since the waiver went into effect in 2020. Yet the researchers noted that little is understood about these patients’ outcomes on a national level, and the waiver will end in December 2024 unless there is an act from Congress to extend it.
Led by David Levine, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., clinical...
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