Hospitals and House Slippers: Shifting Care to the Patient’s Home

Hope Levy-Biehl, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, and Ryan Thurber, Shareholder, Polsinelli PC, discuss the growing trend of shifting patient care for acute illnesses into the home. They cover the federal hospital at-home waiver, state-level developments, special considerations related to the at-home care model, factors driving the growth of the model, and the future of at-home care. Hope and Ryan spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2024 Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues in Baltimore, MD.