The federal government and other private stakeholders play an important role in addressing the unique challenges of accelerating hospital-at-home delivery, Home Health Care News reports.
That’s according to a group of health care experts who spoke on the future of hospital-at-home models during a webinar hosted by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
“I think it’s a whole different ballgame than 20 years ago when we began to more aggressively pursue a value-based model,” Dr. Craig Samitt, founder and CEO of ITO Advisors, said during the webinar. “I think the whole world could change quite dramatically in five years. I harken back to the decision that Blockbuster made in 2000 to pass on the opportunity to buy Netflix for $50 million or less.” Read more.