SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – The government shutdown has ended funding for a Medicare program that allows hospitals to provide inpatient-level care to patients at home, forcing Missouri hospitals to discharge participants.
The Acute Hospital Care at Home program enables certain Medicare-certified hospitals to treat patients with inpatient-level care in their homes rather than hospital facilities.
Funding for the program lapsed when the government shut down. Since Sept. 30, hospitals with waivers for the program have discharged patients, who have returned to traditional hospital care…