Meeting the Higher Acuity Calling in Home Care

While some 30,00 hospital beds have closed, demand for beds is still projected to increase by 2% over the next 10 years due to a confluence of chronic complex disease. Higher acuity/complexity care at home offers numerous benefits to patients and other stakeholders, although there are an equal number of considerations and challenges to address for home care to meet this calling. During this session, we will consider:

• Regulatory and reimbursement policies for enabling HA-at-home success;
• Potential limitations in equipment and clinical resources;
• How to ensure patient and clinician safety;
• The challenge of coordinating care across multiple providers.

Brian Hill, Senior Analyst, Lincoln Intelligence Group Dr. Patrick Kneeland, VP Medical Affairs, Dispatch Health