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H.R. 7053

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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend acute hospital care at home waiver flexibilities.
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Committee
Latest Action · March 10, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Congress
117th (2021–2023)
Introduced
March 9, 2022
Cosponsors (32)
20D 12R
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Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act This bill extends the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program under Medicare until two years after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (the program allows hospitals to treat certain patients from emergency departments or inpatient hospital beds at home during the emergency period). It also requires an evaluation of this program and the Hospital Without Walls program (the program allowed hospitals to transfer patients to outside facilities, such as hotels, to continue treatment during the emergency period).

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