Background: Academic medical centers and other quaternary hospitals struggle with capacity challenges that manifest in longer ED wait times, delayed or cancelled elective surgical procedures, and delayed transfers from community hospitals[1]. The Hospital at Home model is an obvious and elegant solution to increase capacity[2], but its nationwide implementation has been limited due to lack [...]

Background: In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved the Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver allowing hospitals to be reimbursed for hospital-level care for patients in their own home. Almost 300 hospitals across 37 states have been approved to launch their own Hospital at Home (HaH) programs. [...]