Hospital at Home Enters a New Era of Scale

The five-year federal reimbursement extension is changing how health systems think about Hospital at Home. Healthcare Innovation launches its new Digital Health Intelligence webinar series by exploring what comes next.

Melinda Taschetta-Millane

July 31, 2026

4 min read

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Key Highlights

The five-year reimbursement extension provides health systems with the stability needed to plan long-term investments in Hospital at Home programs.
Key considerations for scaling include technology infrastructure, staffing models, operational workflows, and clinical success metrics.
Future webinars will cover critical topics such as AI in patient engagement, cybersecurity resilience, and ethical AI governance, helping organizations navigate healthcare's digital transformation.
Healthcare leaders are encouraged to evaluate their organization's readiness and strategic priorities to integrate Hospital at Home sustainably into their care delivery models.
The series offers practical insights from industry experts to help organizations balance innovation with operational excellence in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment.

Healthcare is entering a new era of transformation, and the questions facing health system leaders are becoming increasingly complex: 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 our new Digital Health Intelligence webinar series, launching this August with Hospital at Home at Scale: What 5-Year Stability Means for Health Systems.

The timing could not be more significant. Following the recent five-year extension of federal reimbursement for Hospital at Home programs, health systems have a clearer path forward to move beyond short-term experimentation and begin planning for long-term scale. The conversation is no longer simply whether Hospital at Home can work. It is how organizations can build the infrastructure, workflows, technology, and strategies needed to make it a sustainable model of care.

Introducing the Digital Health Intelligence Webinar Series

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. At the same time, healthcare leaders face increasing pressure to improve outcomes while controlling costs and addressing workforce challenges.

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 Digital Health Intelligence webinar series was created to help healthcare executives navigate these changes.

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.

Each discussion is designed to move beyond industry buzzwords and focus on real-world experience, measurable outcomes, and lessons healthcare leaders can apply within their own organizations.

Our First Conversation: Hospital at Home at Scale

Our inaugural webinar, Hospital at Home at Scale: What 5-Year Stability Means for Health Systems, takes place on Thursday, August 20, at 11 am ET.

I'll have the opportunity to moderate a conversation with David M. Levine, M.D., one of the nation's leading voices on Hospital at Home, as we explore how the new reimbursement landscape is changing strategic planning across health systems.

Together, we'll examine questions including:

What You'll Learn

Why the five-year reimbursement extension changes the business case for Hospital at Home
The technology infrastructure required to successfully scale programs, including remote patient monitoring, command centers, and EHR integration
Operational lessons learned around staffing, workflows, and patient selection
Which financial and clinical metrics health system leaders should prioritize
Where the evidence supporting Hospital at Home is strongest today and where important research gaps remain
What healthcare leaders should be doing now to prepare for the next phase of Hospital at Home
Whether your organization already operates a Hospital at Home program or is beginning to evaluate one, this discussion will provide practical insights into the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

Looking Beyond August

Hospital at Home is just the beginning.

Future Digital Health Intelligence webinars will examine several of healthcare's most important strategic priorities, including:

September 29: AI and Patient Engagement: Using Technology to Strengthen Human Connection
October 27: Cyber Resilience in Healthcare: Protecting Patient Care During the Inevitable
November 17: AI in Action: Transforming Revenue Cycle Management
December 16: The Next Phase of AI Adoption: Governance, Ethics and Accountability

Together, these conversations will explore how healthcare organizations are balancing innovation with operational excellence while preparing for the future of care delivery.