Chief Healthcare Executive October 1, 2025
The government’s spending legislation expired, along with extensions for waivers for telehealth programs. The congressional stalemate affects hundreds of hospitals offering acute care at home.
Telehealth programs, including hospital-at-home programs, have become collateral damage in the federal government shutdown.
Congress and the White House failed to broker a deal on a new spending bill, and the previous bill only paid for federal programs through Sept. 30, triggering a partial shutdown of the government. Democrats have been pushing to extend tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, a key element in the stalemate.
The now-expired spending bill also included short-term waivers authorizing hospital-at-home and telehealth programs, which also expired Sept. 30.
Hundreds of hospitals providing acute care at home have been...
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