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Healthcare is entering a new era of transformation, and following the recent Hospital at Home 5-year reimbursement extension, health system leaders now face a clearer path to move beyond short-term experimentation and begin planning for long-term scale.
The Questions Behind This Hospital at Home 5-Year Reimbursement Shift
How do organizations move innovation from pilot programs into sustainable operations? Which investments will deliver measurable value? And how can leaders prepare for the future of care delivery while balancing clinical, operational, and financial priorities? These are the questions Healthcare Innovation will explore in its new Digital Health Intelligence webinar series, launching this August with “Hospital at Home at Scale: What 5-Year Stability Means for Health Systems.”
Why the Conversation Has Shifted
Hospital at Home is no longer a question of whether it works. The conversation has shifted to how health systems can scale it successfully. The recent federal reimbursement extension gives organizations the stability needed to plan long-term investments rather than continuing to treat the model as a temporary pilot.
What the Digital Health Intelligence Series Aims to Address
Healthcare organizations are navigating one of the most transformative periods in decades. Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing clinical and operational workflows. Cybersecurity has become synonymous with patient safety. Digital health continues to reshape how and where care is delivered, all while healthcare leaders face increasing pressure to improve outcomes while controlling costs and addressing workforce challenges.
A Series Built Around Real-World Experience
Throughout the remainder of 2026, Healthcare Innovation will bring together health system executives, physicians, technology leaders and industry experts to examine the innovations reshaping healthcare and the practical strategies organizations are using to implement them successfully, moving beyond industry buzzwords to focus on measurable outcomes.
What the Inaugural Hospital at Home 5-Year Reimbursement Webinar Will Cover
The first webinar, taking place Thursday, August 20, at 11 a.m. ET, will feature Melinda Taschetta-Millane moderating a conversation with David M. Levine, MD, one of the nation’s leading voices on Hospital at Home. Attendees will learn why the reimbursement extension changes the business case for the model, the technology infrastructure required to scale it, including remote patient monitoring, command centers, and EHR integration, and which financial and clinical metrics leaders should prioritize.
Addressing Evidence Gaps and Preparation Steps
The session will also examine where the evidence supporting Hospital at Home is strongest today and where important research gaps remain, along with what healthcare leaders should be doing now to prepare for the next phase of the model’s development, whether their organization already runs a program or is just beginning to evaluate one.
What Comes After This Hospital at Home 5-Year Reimbursement Discussion
Hospital at Home is just the beginning. Future Digital Health Intelligence webinars will examine several of healthcare’s most important strategic priorities, including AI and patient engagement on September 29, cyber resilience in healthcare on October 27, AI in revenue cycle management on November 17, and AI governance, ethics, and accountability on December 16.
A Recurring Theme Across the Series
Together, these conversations will explore how healthcare organizations are balancing innovation with operational excellence while preparing for the future of care delivery, using Hospital at Home as the opening case study for a broader examination of digital transformation across the industry.
What This Hospital at Home 5-Year Reimbursement Stability Means Going Forward
With federal reimbursement now secured for five years, health systems have a meaningfully longer planning horizon than the shorter-term waiver extensions that previously governed the program, potentially unlocking larger capital investments in the technology infrastructure and staffing models needed to scale successfully. Organizations still evaluating whether to launch or expand a Hospital at Home program may find this longer runway changes the underlying business case in ways worth revisiting even if they previously concluded the model wasn’t yet worth pursuing.
What to Watch Going Forward
As the August 20 webinar approaches, health system leaders should consider evaluating their organization’s own readiness and strategic priorities around Hospital at Home ahead of the discussion. Given the series’ broader arc toward AI governance, cybersecurity, and revenue cycle topics later in 2026, this Hospital at Home 5-year reimbursement conversation may serve as a useful entry point for organizations looking to benchmark their own digital transformation planning against the practical, outcomes-focused approach Healthcare Innovation is building this series around.
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