Fifty-two health systems are calling on Congress to enact a five-year extension of CMS’ hospital-at-home reimbursement waiver.
The program, which allows CMS to pay for acute hospital care at home, expires Sept. 30 without congressional action. Bipartisan bills have been introduced to lengthen the waiver through 2030.
“Extending the waiver again is not just a policy choice; it’s a critical step toward transforming how care is delivered in this country, creating an important option for patients, caregivers and providers,” the Moving Health Home alliance wrote Sept. 3 to congressional leaders. “A five-year extension creates the certainty hospitals need to confidently invest and innovate — turning promising demonstrations into sustainable, scalable care models.”
Here are the health systems that signed the letter:
AdventHealth (Altamonte Springs, Fla.)
Advocate Health (Charlotte, N.C.)
Allina Health (Minneapolis)
Atrium Health (Charlotte, N.C.)
Baptist Health (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Baptist Health South Florida (Coral Gables)
Beth Israel Lahey Health (Cambridge, Mass.)
Blessing Health System (Quincy, Ill.)
Boston Medical Center
Care New England (Providence, R.I.)
ChristianaCare (Newark, Del.)
Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis)
Harris Health (Houston)
Health First (Rockledge, Fla.)
HealthPartners (Bloomington, Minn.)
Henry Ford Health (Detroit)
Intermountain Health (Salt Lake City)
Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health
Lakewood Health System (Staples, Minn.)
Lee Health (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Lifepoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.)
MaineGeneral Health (Augusta, Maine)
Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System
Mass General Brigham (Somerville, Mass.)
Mount Sinai Health System (New York City)
Northwestern Medicine (Chicago)
Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
NYU Langone Health (New York City)
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus)
Orlando (Fla.) Health
Penn State Health (Hershey, Pa.)
Prisma Health (Greenville, S.C.)
Roper St. Francis Healthcare (Charleston, S.C.)
Saint Francis Health System (Tulsa, Okla.)
St. Bernards Healthcare (Jonesboro, Ark.)
St. Luke’s Health System (Boise, Idaho)
Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health (Palo Alto, Calif.)
SUNY Upstate University Hospital (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital
Texas Health Resources (Arlington)
UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.)
UMass Memorial Health (Worcester, Mass.)
University of Chicago Medicine
University of Michigan Health (Ann Arbor)
University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson)
University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center
Valley Health System (Ridgewood, N.J.)
Valley Regional (Claremont, N.H.)
VCU Health (Richmond, Va.)
Virtua Health (Marlton, N.J.)
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health
