When Home Becomes a Hospital

<p>The pandemic pushed Medicare to start paying for “hospital-at-home” care for the first time, launching the largest test ever of home-based hospital care. This week, we look at what we’ve learned from the hospital-at-home explosion and questions about home-based care remain unanswered.</p><br><p>Guests:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/bruce-leff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bruce Leff</a>, MD, Director, The Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Johns Hopkins</p><p>David and Melanie Mercurio</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/constantinos-taki-michaelidis-6672254/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Constantinos “Taki” Michaelidis</a>, MD, Medical Director, Hospital at Home Program, UMass Memorial Health</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-mahon-56bba0b/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michelle Mahon</a>, RN, Assistant Director of Nursing Practice, National Nurses United</p><p>Nathan Starr, DO, Medical Director for Home Services, Castell; Director of Telehospitalist Program, Intermountain Healthcare</p><br><p>Learn more and read a full transcript on <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2023/03/23/hospital-at-home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our website</a>.</p><br><p>Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free <a href="https://tradeoffs.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ab1fc39a0b1b15521551487c&amp;id=89c5edcb93&amp;utm_source=twitter-newsletter-signup&amp;utm_medium=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">weekly newsletter</a> featuring the latest health policy research and news.</p><br><p>Support this type of journalism today, <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">with a gift</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>