Four hospitals and health systems have launched new hospital-at-home programs in 2025, reflecting the continued momentum behind this care model.
Hospital-at-home — which delivers acute, inpatient-level care to patients in their own homes rather than inside a traditional hospital unit — has gained steady traction in recent years as health systems work to improve patient experience, reduce costs, and alleviate capacity constraints.
The model was first introduced in 1995 by clinicians at Johns Hopkins, according to NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery. Its adoption accelerated in 2020 during the COVID-19 public health emergency, when CMS created the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver, enabling hospitals to receive Medicare reimbursement for eligible home-based acute care.
Since then, hospital-at-home programs have grown rapidly nationwide, becoming an increasingly central part of health systems’ care-delivery strategies.
Below are four health systems that have launched new hospital-at-home programs in 2025, as reported by Becker’s:
- New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian started its hospital-at-home program in November to treat acute care patients from two of its campuses at their homes.
- In November, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health stated that it has cared for more than 120 children with complex medical conditions at home through its Advanced Care at Home program. The health system says it is the nation’s first at-home acute care model run by a freestanding children’s hospital.
- In June, Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System announced the launch of its hospital at home program. The program was developed in partnership with Minneapolis-based Inbound Health.
- In February, Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System announced the launch of its hospital at home program. St. Luke’s was the first Idaho health system to offer acute hospital care at home.
