The Acute Hospital Care at Home Program could lapse on Jan. 30 without congressional action, creating significant ...

Federal officials have quietly withdrawn the only new nursing home quality measure that had been listed as “under consideration” for future years.

New programs like Hospital-at-Home and Acute-Care-at-Home are giving health systems an opportunity to reduce inpatient traffic and give patients the care they need in their own homes. Editor's note: ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is releasing data on the Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative through the Research and Data Assistance Center. ResDAC collected data from November 27, ...

Medicare telehealth flexibilities and the Acute Hospital at Home waiver program – critical programs for the home health industry kept alive by short-term ...

Post-acute care is the process of enabling functional recovery, following an acute or inpatient admission. Many settings can be used to support post-acute care, including skilled nursing and ...

The Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grown to 125 health systems and 289 hospitals in 37 states in less than three years. A number of ...

Close to 40% of adult patients receive post-acute care (PAC) when they are discharged from a hospital. That can include receiving help at home or going to a specialized facility, including a skilled ...

Hospitals are finding it harder to place patients into post-acute care settings, a new report finds. The report was put together by WellSky, a health tech company, based on data from CarePort, its ...

As reimbursement models become more closely linked to patient outcomes and quality of care, hospitals and health systems are increasingly assuming risk for patients’ health — even beyond hospital ...

The hospital at home model of providing acute-level healthcare in the residences of patients who are sick enough to meet hospital admission standards continues to generate interest from hospitals, ...

Many hospitals haven’t changed the design and aesthetic of patient rooms in decades. Patients can at times feel cramped, stuffy and uncomfortable due to outdated rooms. Renovating hospital rooms is ...