Carper, Scott introduce legislation to extend hospital-at-home for five years

Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will introduce legislation Wednesday that would extend the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) waiver program past its 2024 expiration date.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) introduced several waivers and flexibilities in 2020, allowing for various inpatient-level hospital services to be conducted in patients' homes.

The AHCAH program was initially set to expire with the end of...