There’s been an enormous amount of buzz about hospital-at-home programs (and their companions, skilled nursing facility-at-home, or SNF-at-home, programs), which arose in 2020 when, in response to COVID-19 hospital overcrowding, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) permitted hospitals to be paid for in-home care. When the public health emergency ended this spring, CMS extended the waiver through the end of 2024, allowing the practice to continue…
Gauging the Potential of Hospital at Home
