Hospital At Home Lapse Sows Uncertainty Despite 60-Day Non-Enforcement Policy
SAN DIEGO -- Even though CMS has signaled it won’t issue citations for 60 days to hospitals continuing to provide at-home care to patients admitted to the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) program before the program’s lapse on Oct. 1, some hospitals are still unwilling to serve patients unless they get a firmer commitment from the agency, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC).