Hospital at Home Collection

Care at home drives stronger results

Receiving care at home leads to greater patient satisfaction and better outcomes. Concurrently, health systems can increase inpatient bed availability and cut the costs of an inpatient stay, and payers can share in these savings. This collection offers key insights into establishing and optimizing hospital care delivered in the home.

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Hospital at home growth is poised to accelerate as Congress passes a 5-year extension for the Medicare program. We outline next steps for health systems.

10 years of continuous hospital at home funding: Congress extends waiver

Client results

Growing capacity, adding value: Lee Health is reducing beds and costs in a high-growth Medicare market

The health system created a hospital at home program that is on track to deliver 20% cost savings and more than 7,000 admissions within 5 years.

Homeward bound: A large AMC builds a scalable hospital at home care model

An AMC transformed its hospital at home program by establishing a foundational, scalable infrastructure that closed capability gaps and enabled growth.

Unsustainable to scalable: A large AMC optimizes its hospital at home care team model to drive growth

By combining a unified management and care team model with reimagined approaches to staffing and compensation, an AMC sustainably scaled its hospital at home program.

From pressure to potential: How a large AMC turned around its home health business

When an AMC’s home health business line was struggling, Chartis helped design a roadmap to implement immediate operational improvements and reduce capacity issues.

Hospital meets home: How Virtua Health stood up an agile hospital at home program

Chartis helped Virtua Health develop and implement a home health strategy that ultimately led to greater patient satisfaction while presenting financial and operational solutions.

nurse helping older patient with oxygen mask at home

From pilot to long-term promise: AMC rethinks hospital at home to build capacity, expertise

Equipped with a rapid analysis and a clear implementation plan, this AMC’s hospital at home program is poised for immediate growth and long-term profitability.

Article

Why Hospital at Home, and why now?

For leaders seeking clarity on the potential strategic value of hospital at home, a familiar analog offers some interesting lessons: the evolution of the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) sector.

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In the News

Healthcare IT News: In Search of a Long-Term Approach to Telehealth and Hospital-at-Home

After yet another temporary extension of pandemic-era virtual care flexibilities, Jon Freedman offers a vision for a sustainable future for these promising care models.

The New York Times: Your Next Hospital Bed Might Be at Home

In a time of strained capacity, the “hospital at home” movement is figuring out how to create an inpatient level of care anywhere.

HealthLeaders Media: Dissecting Hospital at Home: The Cost Structure Behind the Buzz

Tom Kiesau makes a strong case for hospital at home and explains why starting with the right financial model is critical.

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How to get your hospital at home program out of first gear

Leaders from Johns Hopkins and Chartis discuss how to safely and sustainably scale your hospital at home program.

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More insights

Hospital at home program stuck? Harness the power of your people

Organizations that are launching or aiming to accelerate growth in their hospital at home programs should consider these 4 fundamental communications and change management principles.

From belief to transformation: Digital market leaders focus on value

In our 2024 Digital Transformation Survey, health system executives share their digital transformation impacts, barriers, and progress on hospital at home and artificial intelligence programs.

Unlock growth for your hospital at home program: 4 key considerations

Many programs struggle with growing to sufficient scale and ensuring long-term viability, but these considerations can widen the funnel and increase patient capture.

Hospital at home supply chain & logistics: How to deploy distributed acute care resources in patients’ homes

Health systems’ operational leaders are faced with new challenges while translating conceptual clinical operating models to reality. We discuss how to effectively orchestrate the resources required.

4 years of hospital at home funding signals the imperative for health systems to act

The 2-year extension of payment parity for Medicare FFS patients signals that hospital at home is here to stay, and mounting evidence points to it maturing into a viable—even vital—site of care.

Today’s health system challenges call for novel solutions: Have you considered hospital at home?

Hospital at home is not only an opportunity for health systems to compete in the future healthcare context but also a useful tool to address current operational challenges.

Meet our Hospital at Home leaders

Tom Kiesau

Managing Partner and Chief AI & Digital Officer

Tom Kiesau serves as Managing Partner and Chief AI & Digital Officer. Prior to his current role, he led the firm’s Digital & Technology Transformation line of business. He specializes in the areas of: digital transformation, enterprise strategic planning, clinical partnership development, next-generation service line growth strategy, and economic alignment.

Bret Anderson

Partner

Bret Anderson is a Partner in Digital & Technology Transformation with over fifteen years of experience in the healthcare industry. His work at Chartis has focused on developing innovative strategies to deploy health information exchange technologies across providers.

Jon Freedman

Partner

Jon Freedman is a Partner in Digital & Technology Transformation and co-leads the Digital Consumer Experience practice. Jon works with clients to develop transformational digital and consumer experience strategies and programs.

Mark Krivopal, MD

Senior Partner

Mark Krivopal, MD, is a Senior Partner in Financial Transformation and leads the Financial Performance Improvement practice. He brings 25 years of healthcare experience in academic medical centers, complex IDNs, independent community hospitals, and a healthcare information technology start-up.

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