In recent years, home-based medical care programs have grown significantly, driven in part by efforts to improve outcomes and address gaps in care for individuals with functional limitations. Hospital at home programs provide acute care in home settings — either as an alternative to traditional hospital admission or to facilitate early hospital discharge. Hospital at home programs expanded under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) initiative, launched in November 2020 to support hospitals during the pandemic and are currently authorized

Profiles Central City Concern, an FQHC in Portland, Oregon, that is providing services for people experiencing homelessness with substance use disorder — including primary care, behavioral health treatment, housing, and other supports.

Features Housecall Providers, a non-profit medical provider serving Portland, Oregon, offering comprehensive home- and community-based programs that incorporate palliative care services and provide patient-driven, high-touch support wherever patients call home.

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, One Community Health partnered with OCHIN to rapidly transform its care delivery model, implementing new virtual care tools to safely and effectively serve vulnerable patients with complex needs through the pandemic and beyond.

Features senior leadership from Health Share of Oregon who provide details about their efforts to mitigate issues that will affect their members due to COVID-19.