CMS last updated its QualityNet list of hospitals approved for Acute Hospital Care at Home on October 19, 2026. The hospital count on this site comes from that list.
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Dated notes on Medicare's Acute Hospital Care at Home program, newest first. Each note says what the change means for hospitals and patients and links to the source. This is public information, not medical advice.
CMS's MLN Connects newsletter reminds clinicians that telehealth for Acute Hospital Care at Home patients uses place of service 21 (inpatient hospital) with modifier 95, because Medicare treats those patients as inpatients.
CMS proposed a new yearly data collection, the Acute Hospital Care at Home Quantity, Intensity, and Mix of Services (QIMS) tool (form CMS-10971), which section 6210(c) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 requires so CMS can report to Congress. The Federal Register notice (91 FR 55348, document 2026-17484) opened a 60-day comment period, with comments due October 26, 2026, and CMS estimates 365 respondents.
CMS released a second public set of Acute Hospital Care at Home data, covering April 2023 through September 2025, through ResDAC under data use agreements. This site does not use that restricted data.
Source: CMS fact sheet, Acute Hospital Care at Home data release
Section 6210 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (Public Law 119-75) extends the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver through September 30, 2030. Approved hospitals can keep providing this care, and patients can keep receiving it where a hospital offers it, until that date.
Sources: CMS fact sheet, Acute Hospital Care at Home data release · American Medical Association: waiver extension
Last updated October 20, 2026.