Earlier this year Congress extended CMS’s hospital-at-home waiver for five years via the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026. With that bold stroke, ‘HaH’ services became eligible for Medicare reimbursement through September of 2030. 

Researchers found enrollment correlated with big reductions in medical debt as signaled by collections activity and subprime credit scores.

Using a DCB that releases sirolimus over an extended period of time appears to be both safe and effective when treating patients who present with NSTEMI or unstable angina.

As this midterm-election year barrels toward decision day, health insurers continue taking punches from both political parties. The piling-on might be as unfair as it is understandable.  

Boarding is hospital-speak for when patients get left in the emergency department, typically on gurneys or in wheelchairs, for many hours—sometimes days—because no inpatient beds are available. 

The 22-week-old patient was successfully treated by a traveling cardiologist—all without being transported to the cath lab.

The largest single component of the overall project is likely to be the high-tech, high-touch hospital that’s now slated for opening in 2030.

The more you maintain good physical fitness from your mid-40s to your mid-60s, the likelier you are to add years to your life and life to your later years.