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With the government shutdown thankfully behind us, health systems can get back to business with some of the innovative programs that are producing great outcomes and satisfying patients.
A growing number of Americans are receiving hospital-level care without leaving their living room, thanks to advanced technology and an evolving healthcare landscape that is delivering much more care outside the walls of the hospital.
Hospital-at-home is a transformative care model that is becoming one of the most important healthcare innovations, improving outcomes, patient satisfaction, and decreasing the cost of healthcare. Across the nation, hundreds of hospitals were forced to suspend the program during the shutdown, and either discharged patients or admitted them to the hospital.
This innovation was launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to expand hospital capacity and contain the spread of the virus. It worked so well that Congress extended the waiver to permit acute care at home twice since the pandemic, and the New Jersey Legislature passed the Hospital-at-Home Act to require Medicaid and commercial insurance to cover the service.