Last week, Best Buy Health announced during an earnings call that it was restructuring its health division due to the slow adoption of at-home care. CEO Corie Barry specifically pointed to its hospital at home (HaH) program as an issue because of “inconsistencies” in the duration the Acute Hospital Care at Home program, currently set […]
We’re now about one month away from the end of the hospital-at-home waiver that has been keeping the program alive. With the March 31 deadline fast approaching, the push to further extend the program is picking up steam. Earlier this month, in-home care advocacy group Moving Health Home sent a letter to Congress urging the […]
A big part of the evolution of health systems has been more meaningful engagement with the home as an extension of brick-and-mortar operations. In recent years, organizations like Advocate Health and Mass General Brigham have exemplified this shift. These major health systems are reevaluating their home-based care capabilities and partnerships, and leveraging technology and innovative […]
Mass General Brigham’s Home Hospital, in collaboration with the New England Center and Home for Veterans (NECHV), has launched a groundbreaking home hospital program for veterans experiencing homelessness. This initiative is the first in the country, allowing veterans to receive acute medical treatment in the comfort of a housing partner’s residence instead of a traditional […]
Mass General Brigham has been awarded a $4.6 million grant to examine the delivery of short-term rehab care at home as an alternative to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The funds come from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS). In the U.S., 40% of older adults leaving the hospitals need some form […]
Nurses of Mass General Brigham’s hospital-at-home program have voted to unionize, and the clinicians at the health system’s home care segment are hoping to follow suit. The efforts to unionize first started in February. On May 16, 80 of the health system’s home-at-hospital nurses voted to join the Massachusetts Nurse Association (MNA). That same month, […]
The hospital-at-home model continues to show more signs of low rates of mortality, decreased usage of skilled nursing facilities and less need for escalation in patient care compared to traditional care settings. That’s according to a new study from Mass General Brigham, which shows the value and efficacy of hospital-level care in a home setting. […]
Hospital at home’s presence in the U.S. continues to grow. But even before the care delivery model became more visible, Mass General Brigham was a major player in the space. The health system first launched its hospital-at-home program way back in 2016, predating the hospital-at-home boom that followed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ […]
Best Buy Health is teaming up with yet another health system to help augment home-based care services. What’s of note, however, is that in Best Buy Health’s partnership with Mass General Brigham, it will also be aiding in the Medicare-certified home health arena. The two organizations announced the collaboration Wednesday. In addition to a home […]
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston was among the very first to secure an “Acute Hospital Care at Home” waiver from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November. That shouldn’t be too surprising, considering Dr. David Levine, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, is one of the biggest […]
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