Home Health & Hospice Week

If you’re looking to partner with hospitals for hospital-at-home programs, results from one such program may prove convincing

Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City offers a “Huntsman at Home” option that has reduced hospital readmissions, reports KSL Newsradio. “During the first 30 days of enrollment, those receiving care from Huntsman at Home providers were 58 percent less likely to be admitted into a hospital for an unplanned stay, while those who did need to be admitted required shorter stays,” the news station says. “Emergency room visits were cut by 48 percent for Huntsman at Home patients compared to those who … didn’t receive at-home care.”

Huntsman at Home patient Kym Gallegos told the station “I think it’s really necessary that there are these home health care agencies that come out to help you, because it’s a long process of healing.”

Huntsman pays for many of the program’s visits itself, in hopes that payers will start funding it when they see the results.