Hospital at Home
The St. Luke’s Hospital at Home program, launched in late 2024, provides hospital-level care to patients in the comfort of their homes.
Please ask your senators and representatives to prevent Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment cuts from taking effect; extend enhanced low-volume adjustment and Medicare-dependent hospital programs that expand access to care in rural areas; and extend telehealth and hospital-at-home…
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…
The House by a vote of 366-34 Dec. 20 passed the American Relief Act (H.R. 10545), a bill to fund the government through March 14, 2025,
The AHA appreciates the bipartisan effort to fund the government and extend these critical health care policies for three months to support hospitals’ efforts to care for patients and communities.
Before the lame-duck session ends and the 118th Congress adjourns, it is essential that federal lawmakers understand the challenges hospitals and health systems face and what is at stake for the patients and communities they represent.
The hospital-at-home (H@H) model — where patients receive acute-level care in their homes, rather than in a hospital — has emerged as an innovative and promising approach to providing high-quality care to patients in the comfort of their homes. Congressional action is needed to extend the waivers…
Improved technology has made telehealth services available for some time, providing increased access and convenience for patients.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Sept. 30 released a report on the hospital-at-home program, which found that patients and caregivers overall had positive experiences in the program.
While lawmakers are in their district, it is important for the field to engage with members of Congress to remind them of the importance of preserving access to care by continuing to fund vital programs like telehealth and hospital-at-home waivers, and avoiding harmful policies such as site-neutral…