CMS’ Hospital At Home Claims Data May Boost Push For Permanency

CMS released data in mid-January showing positive results for its hospital at home waiver program -- including which patients were admitted to the home setting, the number of patient escalations of care from the home to the hospital and the number of unanticipated patient mortalities -- that CMS says could lead to policy recommendations for the future of hospital at home programs. CMS made Medicare claims data public on its Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) waiver that were collected...