The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver has, no doubt, ushered in a new era for hospital at home. But with calls to end the public health emergency (PHE), it is hanging in the balance, Home Health Care News reports.
Gone are the days when the hospital-at-home model was considered a niche care service. Since the launch of the waiver, there have been 92 health systems and 204 hospitals in 34 states approved for Acute Hospital Care at Home, according to CMS. Read more.