ICD10monitor August 28, 2023
The Mayo Clinic was among the first hospitals in the country to experiment with sending acute patients home for remote care four years ago. Now, approximately 250 similar programs exist throughout the country.
That’s largely because during the pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) relaxed normal rules requiring around-the-clock, on-site nurses for hospitals requesting the exception. This allowed at-home hospital care programs to rapidly expand. Those pandemic-era waivers will remain in place until at least the end of 2024, although some experts anticipate policy changes allowing such programs to remain in place permanently.
Most hospital-at home programs provide in-person medical visits twice or three times a day with nurses or paramedics taking patients’ vitals, replenish medications and...
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