New legislation seeks to preserve hospital-at-home reimbursement

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation this week to extend CMS' hospital-at-home waiver for five more years, allowing hospitals to continue delivering acute care in patients' homes with Medicare reimbursement. The move comes as research shows this model reduces mortality and healthcare costs.

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