Medicare currently pays for Hospital at Home using a top-down (hospital-centered) payment—the payment is made to hospitals, and the amount is based on Medicare’s payment system for acute inpatient ...

Many postoperative readmissions are amenable to diversion to a hospital at home program for surgical patients, representing an opportunity to generate revenue and improve patient experience.

Atrium Health’s Levine Children's Hospital has launched the first Hospital at Home program in the country that focuses on children and their families. Few would argue that the hospital is no place for ...

Several health systems are relaunching hospital at home after Medicare reimbursement for the care model was restored with the deal to reopen the federal government. More than half of hospital-at-home ...

The Hospital-at-Home (HaH) model under Medicare lets patients receive hospital-level care at home instead of a traditional, brick-and-mortar hospital. But when the waiver funding the program expired ...

A while back, Robert Diegelmann completed a 10-day hospital visit — in the comfort of his home. The 81-year-old was being treated for a recurring infection at VCU Medical Center’s brick-and-mortar ...

A framework centered around cost, quality, and equity is essential to define the value of hospital-at-home programs. On November 25, 2020, CMS announced the creation of an Acute Hospital Care at Home ...

Based on evidence that has emerged from the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) waiver initiative, policy makers and health systems are waking up to the realization that well-supported family ...

A growing number of patients and providers are heralding the benefits of bringing hospital care into private homes — but a lack of permanent federal funding could put such programs at risk. The shift ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — For many of us, a hospital can be a scary and intimidating place. So there’s a new push among health care providers to let eligible patients recover, outside of the hospital.

On Thursday Parkland Health announced the launch of its Hospital at Home program which allows patients to recover at home. "We recognize that the hospital, the traditional hospital setting may not be ...