U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Hearing Recording: COVID-19 Health Care Flexibilities - Perspectives, Experiences, and Lessons Learned
The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance held a virtual Hearing May 19, "COVID-19 Health Care Flexibilities: Perspectives, Experiences, and Lessons Learned." Linda V. DeCherrie, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, was one of the witnesses and testified on Hospital at Home.
Dr. DeCherrie's testimony was "in support of Hospital at Home, specifically extending the current Hospital Without Walls and Acute Hospital Care at Home flexibilities currently being offered under the public health emergency (PHE)." She talked about the development of the Hospital at Home program, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) award and the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver in November 2020. "In addition, we formed the Hospital at Home Users group with funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation, which provides technical assistance, office hours and a member community which has engaged in multiple work groups. To date, there have been 129 hospitals approved for the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, with 56 health systems in 30 states since November...Having a payment model for Hospital at Home/Acute Hospital Care at Home is needed to serve Medicare beneficiaries beyond the pandemic and especially if an emergency of this type ever happens again."
Member Statements were provided by:
- Ron Wyden (D - OR)
- Mike Crapo (R - ID)
Witnesses were:
- Jessica Farb, Director, Health Care, United States Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
- Kisha Davis, MD, MPH, Member, Commission On Federal And State Policy, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood , KS
- Linda V. DeCherrie, MD, Clinical Director, Mount Sinai At Home And Professor, Geriatrics And Palliative Medicine, Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York , NY
- Narayana Murali, MD, Executive Director And Board Member Of America’s Physician Groups, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI
- Robert A. Berenson, MD, Institute Fellow, Urban Institute, Washington, DC
To watch the Hearing and download the testimony, click here.
To read Dr. DeCherrie's testimony, click here.
To learn more about Hospital at Home, click here.
To learn more about JAHF's support, click here.
