Amendment #22, as changed to H4178

Studying Expanded Reimbursement for Hospital at Home and Mobile Integrated Health Programs

Mr. Driscoll of Milton moves to amend the amendment in section 12, by striking out, in lines 640 to 642, inclusive, the words “and (xii) the adequacy of state resources and infrastructure to place complex case discharges in appropriate post-acute care settings.” and inserting in place thereof the following:-

(xii) opportunities to expand coverage and reimbursement for services delivered by mobile integrated health programs certified by the department of public health and by participating providers in the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acute hospital care at home program; (xiii) alternative transportation options for patients being discharged and transferred to post-acute care facilities or home health agencies; and (xiv) the adequacy of state resources and infrastructure to place complex case discharges in appropriate post-acute care settings, including, but not limited to, patients with dementia diagnoses, geriatric patients with psychiatric diagnoses, patients with behavioral health diagnoses, patients with substance use disorder diagnoses, justice-involved patients, and patients who have been unable to find an appropriate placement for post-acute care for 6 months or longer.