Studies have shown that home hospitalization can produce better health outcomes, fewer hospital readmissions and a lower mortality rate.
Despite those savings, one of the biggest barriers has been financial: The federal government does not pay for home hospitalization through Medicare, the country’s biggest health insurer, which limits the pool of eligible patients and makes hospitals more reluctant to participate, Levine said. A federal advisory committeeBut Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azarmultiple proposals to do so, citing concerns including patient safety and overutilization of the program.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services declined to comment on its plans, but pointed to the agency’sHospitals across the U.S. are alreadyif they run out of ventilators, bed space and other critically needed resources. In Italy, doctors have been forced to choose which coronavirus patients will receive lifesaving treatments.
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