Although Congressional support continues to grow for the Choose Home Care Act of 2021 in Washington, D.C., the legislation remains in limbo, Home Health Care News reports.
Other pieces of legislation for lawmakers have pushed the Choose Home bill down the priority list, but industry leaders are hopeful something will come of it soon.
Choose Home — among other things — supports in-home care alternatives to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). If enacted, the legislation would enable certain Medicare patients to receive extended care services as an add-on to the existing Medicare home health benefit for 30 days following a hospital stay. Read more.
