Home Hospital Care Extension Bill

Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act This bill extends the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program under Medicare and requires an additional study regarding the program. The program allows hospitals to treat certain patients from emergency departments or inpatient hospital beds at home. Specifically, the bill extends the program through FY2030 and requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study of the program with respect to several metrics, including the quality of care, incurred costs, types of services, and demographics of patients under the program compared to inpatient settings.

1. This bill extends the program allowing hospitals to provide care at home until September 30, 2030. 2. It requires a new study to compare home care services with traditional hospital care. 3. The study will look at patient outcomes, costs, and quality of care between the two settings. 4. Hospitals will need to report data on their home care services to help with the study. 5. The bill aims to improve understanding of home hospital care effectiveness.

Patients who receive hospital care at home and their families will be directly affected by this bill.