Overall education of policymakers on advances in care at home and patient preference for home. Change the narrative around the home as a site of clinical care. Use surveys, data, research, and spokespeople to promote the home as part of the future of care.
Advocate for Hospital at Home authority and long-term Medicare program. Advocate for permanent flexibility to transfer or treat patients in home-based settings, when preferred by the patient and clinically appropriate.
Advocate for a home-based Medicare post-acute care model. Advocate for the creation of a post-acute care benefit that would serve as a home-based alternative for skilled nursing facility care. This model could help patients recover at home while potentially improving cost and quality outcomes.
Ensure home is an option for care in traditional Medicare. Advocate for Congress to remove barriers in traditional Medicare to improve access to care in the home in areas such as home infusion, labs, dialysis, diagnostics, and primary care.
Policy PrioritiesMoving Health Home2023-08-11T17:46:59+00:00