DispatchHealth Applauds Congressional Action to Extend Access to Hospital-Level Care at Home for Patients Nationwide

Five-year extension of CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver enables health systems nationwide to expand access to high-acuity care in the home. DispatchHealth applauds today’s bipartisan, bicameral action to extend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home (ACHaH) waiver for five years, providing health systems nationwide with the long-term certainty needed to invest in and expand hospital-level care delivered in patients’ homes.

• Congress extended the CMS Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver for five years, giving health systems the long-term certainty needed to invest in and scale hospital-level care delivered in patients' homes.
• The extension addresses hospital capacity and workforce challenges while allowing patients to receive high-acuity care at home, where evidence shows they often experience better outcomes and higher satisfaction than traditional hospital settings.
• As of September 2025, 419 hospitals across 147 health systems in 39 states have been approved for home hospital programs, and DispatchHealth has treated over 1.2 million patients with results including 58% ER avoidance and a 98% satisfaction rate.

Read more: https://www.dispatchhealth.com/press-room/dispatchhealth-applauds-congressional-action-to-extend-access-to-hospital-level-care-at-home/

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