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What Reporters Need to Know About Hospital-at-Home Programs
Hospital-at-home programs — in which patients receive acute-level care in their homes instead of a hospital setting — have grown in popularity since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this health care model, some patients who normally would receive care in the hospital, such as for an infection, an exacerbation of a chronic illness, or after surgery, for example, are given the option to receive extra care while recuperating in their homes.
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Hospital-at-home programs let eligible patients receive acute, hospital-level care—like monitoring, nurse visits, and telehealth—right in their homes, and early CMS data show lower mortality, fewer readmissions, and reduced costs compared with traditional hospitalization.
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