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A waiver extension that provides for reimbursement of home hospital care through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expires on Dec. 31, 2024.
Medicare’s hospital at home initiative appears to be budget neutral so far, but the Congressional Budget Office estimated that a two-year telehealth extension would cost Medicare around $4 billion.
In 2019, people with Medicare had over 800,000 hospitalizations that could have qualified for hospital at home.
Home and Community-Based Services waivers (HCBS waivers) or Section 1915(c) waivers, 42 U.S.C. Ch. 7, § 1396n §§ 1915(c), are a type of Medicaid waiver. HCBS waivers expand the types of settings in which people can receive comprehensive long-term care under Medicaid.
Medicaid Waiver programs help provide services to people who would otherwise be in an institution, nursing home, or hospital to receive long-term care in the community. Prior to 1991, the Federal Medicaid program paid for services only if a person lived in an institution.
A Katie Beckett waiver or TEFRA waiver is a Medicaid waiver concerning the income eligibility for home-based Medicaid services for children under the age of nineteen. Prior to the Katie Beckett waiver, if a child with significant medical needs received treatment at home, the child's income would be deemed to include the parents' entire ...
I cared for my father 24/7 in the last years of his life. A lot of that care happened through the hospital-at-home program. While he received high-quality care, the support provided to his primary ...
A virtual ward (also known as hospital at home) allows patients to get the care they need at home safely and conveniently, rather than being in hospital. [ 1 ] Just as in hospital, people on a virtual ward are cared for by a multidisciplinary team who can provide a range of tests and treatments. [ 1 ]