Hospital at Home for Medicaid Enrollees: Evidence Roundup
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
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July 2025