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Fact Sheet: Extending the Hospital-at-Home Program
The AHA supports the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 8260/S. 4350) introduced in the House by Representatives Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and in the Senate by Senators Tom Carper, D-Del., and Tim Scott, R-S.C. The bill extends the H@H waiver for five years through the end of 2029.
Speaking Up for Priorities That Will Help Hospitals Advance Health for Patients and Communities
It is important to use the August recess that begins next week as an opportunity to engage senators and representatives while they are back home. It is critical for federal lawmakers to understand the challenges hospitals and health systems face.
ACTION NEEDED: Contact Lawmakers Now on Important Issues Facing Hospitals and Health Systems
Lawmakers have returned to Washington for three weeks to consider government funding, which expires Oct. 1. Congress must pass a continuing resolution (CR) by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown.
ACTION NEEDED: Talk to Lawmakers this August on Important Issues Facing Hospitals and Health Systems
Lawmakers need to hear how congressional support is necessary to ensure hospitals can provide the 24/7 access to care patients and communities depend on.
The Future of Health System-Based Cancer Care
Costly innovative cancer treatments and technologies, organizational alignments and shifting sites of care are changing the way care is delivered.
AHA comments on draft legislation to extend hospital-at-home program
Commenting last week on a discussion draft of the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act, which would extend the hospital-at-home program through 2027, AHA thanked the sponsors for their ongoing work to extend this innovative program and voiced support for its continuance.
AHA Supports Legislation to Continue Hospital-at-home Model
The American Hospital Association comments on the discussion draft of the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act to extend the acute care hospital-at-home program.
Fact Sheet: Extending the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program Beyond the End of the COVID-19 PHE
The AHA urges Congress and the Biden Administration to extend the H@H program as currently authorized under the waiver to allow providers to continue to take steps to transform care delivery in a way that improves patient experience and outcomes while ensuring high patient safety. The Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (S. 3792, H.R. 7053), bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Carper (D-DE) and Scott (R-SC) and Congressmen Blumenauer (D-OR) and Wenstrup (R-OH), would provide a two-year extension of the current H@H waiver.